Royal Opera House die Zauberflote

In a magical realm threatened by darkness, the noble Prince Tamino encounters a mysterious portrait of Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night, and falls instantly in love. Tasked with rescuing her from the sorcerer Sarastro's temple, Tamino is joined by Papageno, a bird-catcher with a gift for music and comic misadventure. As they journey through enchanted trials—fire, water, and tests of silence—the true nature of good and evil becomes increasingly ambiguous. Sarastro emerges not as villain but as a wise priest of enlightenment, while the Queen of the Night reveals her tyrannical nature. Tamino and Pamina must navigate ordeals of faith and wisdom to prove themselves worthy of love and initiation into Sarastro's brotherhood. The opera culminates in triumph as light vanquishes darkness, and the lovers are united in a celebration of reason, virtue, and human connection.