The Magic Flute

Travel with The Bronx Opera on a journey to other worlds and realities in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. This timeless and highly recognized classic tells the story of Prince Tamino’s quest to save Princess Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night, from the vile Sarastro and his macabre slave Monostatos. Tamino is assisted by the comedic Papageno, the bird catcher, and by a great weapon given to him by the Three Spirits… a Magic Flute. Rumor has it that the character of Papageno, translated to mean "a smart type of parrot" was said to be a parody of Antonio Salieri, Mozart’s chief competition. Salieri attended the opera just weeks before Mozart’s death and is rumored to be the last person to see him alive. Did Salieri figure out Mozart’s insult and take revenge? You decide.It is stories like these that created the plot for the movie, Amadeus.