In financial difficulty and ignored by the Viennese aristocracy, Mozart agreed to compose The Magic Flute for a popular audience. The opera was a runaway success, and with good reason: it speaks to every adult about the child they once were, and to every child about the adult they will become. Part fairy tale, part coming-of-age story, it teaches us to grow through our trials and tribulations, to overcome our fears and prejudices, and to reawaken our sense of wonder.
Dorian Astor and Frédérique Lombart offer a French adaptation of the famous opera for four singers and orchestra. What if the Queen of the Night had secretly allied herself with Papageno to create false dangers so that her daughter and Tamino could learn love, courage and righteousness? What if the Darkness was not really opposed to the Light?
