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Mozart's The Magic Flute from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Set in a fantastical land, Mozart's last opera is a fantastical coming-of-age story about true love and the search for wisdom, with an enchanting cast of characters. Written in 1791, and first performed at Vienna's popular Theater auf der Wieden, in September 1791, Mozart was dead just two months later at the age of 35.

Presenter Martin Handley is joined by Naomi Waltham-Smith who talks about Mozart's genius in writing music which would appeal to his different audiences.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberfl枚te (K. 620) - The Magic Flute.
A two-act opera (Singspiel) with a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.

Pamina.... Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Tamino.... Amitai Pati (tenor)
Papageno.... Huw Montague Rendall (baritone)
Queen of the Night.... Kathryn Lewek (soprano)
Sarastro.... Soloman Howard (bass)
Monostatos.... Gerhard Siegel (tenor)
Papagena.... Marianna Hovanisyan (soprano)
First Lady.... Hannah Edmunds (soprano)
Second Lady.... Ellen Pearson (soprano)
Third Lady.... Emma Carrington (soprano)
Speaker of the Temple.... Matthew Rose (bass-baritone)
First Priest.... Harry Nicoll (tenor)
Second Priest.... Wyn Pencarreg (bass)
Third Priest.... Nigel Cliffe (bass)
First Man in Armour.... Stuart Jackson (tenor)
Second Man in Armour.... Graeme Broadbent (bass)

Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Marie Jacquot (conductor)

When the Queen of the Night tasks young Prince Tamino with rescuing her daughter, Princess Pamina, Tamino falls in love with Pamina鈥檚 portrait immediately. Accompanied by his reluctant sidekick, the bird-catcher Papageno, they set out on their quest, encountering a mysterious brotherhood of men led by Sarastro, Pamina鈥檚 captor. Although Sarastro may not be the villain that Tamino has been led to believe he is, he still orders Tamino to undergo a series of trials before he and Pamina are finally, joyfully united. To Papageno鈥檚 delight, he also finds the woman of his dreams, Papagena, in the opera鈥檚 joyful finale.