
Tamino
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dates
May 30-June 30, 2024
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto
Emanuel Schikaneder
Price
Starting at $26
Run Time
2 hours 40 minutes including one intermission
Language
German
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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THU, MAY 30, 2024
7:30 PM
SUN, JUN 2, 2024
2:00 PM
TUE, JUN 4, 2024
7:30 PM
SAT, JUN 8, 2024
7:30 PM
FRI, JUN 14, 2024
7:30 PM
THU, JUN 20, 2024
7:30 PM
SAT, JUN 22, 2024
7:30 PM
WED, JUN 26, 2024
7:30 PM
SUN, JUN 30, 2024
2:00 PM
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.
The Queen of the Night
Production
Production
Revival Stage Director
Production Designer
Animation Designer
* 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
Audio excerpts are from the 2007 cast of The Magic Flute with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles.
“Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja”/Christopher Maltman (Papageno); “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön”/Piotr Beczala (Tamino); “Bei männern”/Dina Kuznetsova (Pamina) and Christopher Maltman (Papageno); Act I Finale/San Francisco Opera Chorus;
Queen of the Night Act II Aria/Erika Miklósa (Queen of the Night)
This production is made possible, in part, by John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn; Edmund W. and Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Fund; and Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem