MOZART'S MAGIC FLUTE
| 14TH OCTOBER 2017, 19:55 |
Conductor: James Levine, Met Music Director Emeritus
Featuring: Golda Schultz (debut), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Charles Castronovo (Tamino), Markus Werba (Papageno), Christian Van Horn (Sprecher), Sarastro (René Pape)
Duration: 3h09
Sung in German
Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length, German version of Mozart’s magical fable, seen in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism.
Ticket price:
Adults: 18€
Child/Senior: 14€
Child/Senior: 14€
K Cineplex Nicosia, Larnaca and Paphos
On one level, The Magic Flute is a simple fairy tale concerning a damsel in distress and the handsome prince who rescues her. Beneath the surface, however, the piece is much more complex. It is an allegory of the quest for wisdom and enlightenment as presented through symbols of Freemasonry; Mozart and Schikaneder were both Freemasons. Most obvious of the Masonic symbols is the number three: among the cast are three boys, three ladies, and three slaves, and musical passages feature three chords (as those that begin the overture) or three stanzas, among other instances.