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June, 2024

The Magic Flute

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Overview

Dates

May 30-June 30, 2024

Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto

Emanuel Schikaneder

Price

Starting at $26

Run Time

2 hours 53 minutes including one intermission

Language

German

Journey into Love. Adventure into Fantasy.

Infiltrate the castle. Rescue the princess. Bring her home. That’s the mission that unites two unlikely allies: a dashing young prince and a bumbling bird-catcher, armed only with a set of magical musical instruments. Their journey into a world of sorcerers and serpents, spirits and secrets, takes an unexpected turn in The Magic Flute, a fairy-tale quest for love and wisdom.

Mozart’s final opera comes alive in an acclaimed, inventive production from Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade, conjured from the topsy-turvy delights of silent cinema, 1920s cabaret, early Hollywood animation, and the illustrator Edward Gorey.

Music Director Eun Sun Kim takes us on a humanistic journey of awakening with some of the most sublime music ever written by Mozart. 


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Learn more about The Magic Flute during a 90-minute exploration of the music and history, led by dynamic opera experts and scholars. Click on the Opera Previews button below for more information.
Opera Previews


OperaVision, HD video projection screens featured in the Balcony level for the first three performances.


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Synopsis

Armed with nothing but a magic flute and magic bells, a prince and a bird-catcher embark on a perilous journey to rescue a kidnapped princess — only to discover that their adversary may actually be their ally.


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* San Francisco Opera Debut

PERFORMANCES
May 30, 2024
June 2, 4, 8, 14, 20, 22, 26, 30, 2024

Previous performances of The Magic Flute can be found in our Archive.

A production of the Komische Oper Berlin. Co-produced by Los Angeles Opera and Minnesota Opera

Production by Suzanne Andrade and Barrie Kosky
Animation by Paul Barrit
Concept by “1927” (Suzanne Andrade and Paul Barrit) and Barrie Kosky
Stage Design and Costumes by Esther Bialas

Mozart’s The Magic Flute Through the Eyes of Production Designers

Made Possible By

This production is made possible, in part, by the Carol Franc Buck Foundation, Bertie Bialek Elliott, John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn; Edmund W. and Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Fund; and Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.
With additional support provided by E. Nakamichi Foundation.