LA FLAUTA MÁGICA de W.A. Mozart

The production of The Magic Flute presented by Ópera 2001 is pure fantasy. It is freely inspired by the Stargate SG1 series, with a setting that fuses ancient Egypt with science-fiction elements. The stage is full of fantastic characters who, simply by crossing the magical threshold, travel through different eras, from archaic times with prehistoric monsters to the Middle Ages, from Baroque art to the contemporary, until reaching beings from an imaginary future.

Prince Tamino, who is pursued by a giant snake, enters the forest trying to flee, but has unknowingly entered the domains of the Queen of the Night. There he will reach an agreement with the Queen to try to win the hand of her daughter in exchange for freeing her from the kidnapping to which she is held by Sarastro. Tamino, accompanied by the birdcatcher Papageno, sets out to save his beloved, however once he arrives in Sarastro's kingdom, he realizes that reality is different and decides to stay there by his beloved's side and far from the Queen. To stay and belong to the temple of the wise, he must pass a series of trials which he will manage to overcome.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart premiered The Magic Flute in 1791, barely two months before his death. Despite the economic and health difficulties he was going through, he personally directed several performances and saw how the work quickly became a great popular success in Vienna. The Queen of the Night's aria, Der Hölle Rache, is one of the most difficult pages ever written for soprano. Her famous high notes and the vocal speed required have turned it into a real test of fire for opera singers and into one of the most spectacular and recognizable moments of the lyric repertoire.