The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

160 mins | Music | July 2, 1983

The Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seeks to join it. Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished. The earthy Papageno, who accompanies Tamino on his quest, fails the trials completely but is rewarded anyway with the hand of his ideal female companion Papagena.

The Magic Flute

160 mins | Music | July 2, 1983

The Magic Flute
The Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seeks to join it. Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished. The earthy Papageno, who accompanies Tamino on his quest, fails the trials completely but is rewarded anyway with the hand of his ideal female companion Papagena.
Producers
Original title Die Zauberflöte
Directors August Everding
Writers Lorenzo da Ponte

Cast

Kurt Moll

as Sarastro

Edita Gruberova

as Königin der Nacht

Lucia Popp

as Pamina

Francisco Araiza

as Tamino

Wolfgang Brendel

as Papageno

Gudrun Sieber

as Papagena

Norbert Orth

as Monostatos