The Magic Flute
Papageno's operatic home
The Magic Flute is Mozart's final opera, a German-language singspiel from 1791 blending fairy-tale fantasy with Enlightenment ideals and Masonic symbolism.
The story follows Prince Tamino through trials of wisdom and virtue, aided by a magical flute.
It remains among the most performed operas worldwide: We saw The Magic Flute at the Met last season.
Creator of musical works
- SalzburgAustrian city, composer's birthplace
- AustriaCentral European alpine republic
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- LeopoldTraditional European given name
Mannheim · Don Giovanni · Figaro · Enlightenment · Freemasonry · Vienna · premiere
Opera's written words
- sopranoHighest female voice range
- tenorEssential meaning or import
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
conductor · orchestra · score · coloratura · ensemble · recitative · duet · trio
Fraternal order with lodges
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
trial · light · darkness · brotherhood · temple · reason · truth · secrecy
Arrange letters correctly
- charmAttractive personal quality
- talismanMagical protective charm
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- amuletWorn protective token
mysticism · ritual · trials · initiation · transformation · protection · power · supernatural
composer
Creator of musical works
- SalzburgAustrian city, composer's birthplace
- AustriaCentral European alpine republic
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
Leopold · Mannheim · Don Giovanni · Figaro · Enlightenment · Freemasonry · Vienna · premiere
libretto
Opera's written words
overture · conductor · orchestra · score · coloratura · ensemble · recitative · duet · trio · finale
Freemasonry
Fraternal order with lodges
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
virtue · trial · light · darkness · brotherhood · temple · reason · truth · secrecy · symbolism
spell
Arrange letters correctly
- charmAttractive personal quality
- talismanMagical protective charm
- incantationSpoken magical formula
amulet · mysticism · ritual · trials · initiation · transformation · protection · power · supernatural · wonder
quest
Seeking journey for something
serpent · temple · priest · sun · moon · night · day · good · evil · redemption
- Mozart operasDon Giovanni
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- MasterpiecesMona Lisa, Last Supper, Starry Night, The Scream, David
- operaopera, aria, arias, soprano, tenor
- 18th Century WorksCandide, Gulliver's Travels, Pamela, Tom Jones, Dangerous Liaisons
The Magic FluteLulu
Feminine nickname, often playful
Tosca · La Traviata · Rigoletto · Salome · Madama Butterfly
The Magic FluteSalome
Biblical princess who danced
Lulu · Don Giovanni · Death in Venice · Faust · Billy Budd
magic, flute, magical, magically, magician, magicians, flutes, flutist, flutists