The Magic Flute 
Arizona Opera
John Pollard Scenic Design Leslie Bernstein Costume Design Doug Provost Lighting and Projection Design

The Cast:
David Margulis
Chad Sloan
Sarah Tucker
Lindsay Russell
Andrea Shokery
Beth Lytwynec
Maria Dominique Lopez
Nicholas Masters
Ian McEuen
Rhea Miller
Andrew Penning
Calvin Griffin
Chris Carr
Liam Boyd
Noah Sharma
Owen Lamb

The Magic Flute
a fairy tale for young and old

Once upon a time, a prince awoke to find himself lost in an enchanted forest in a strange land. He had no idea how he had arrived in such a place, nor how he would ever return home. The forest was dark and full of mysterious sounds. He was alone and afraid
And so begins The Magic Flute, one of Mozart’s last works, which premiered in Vienna in September of 1791, just three months before Mozart’s untimely death. The Magic Flute is the last operatic masterpiece of the 18th century and is often considered a bridge between the age of reason and the romantic period. The 18th century was an age of scientific thinking and new ideas about what it means to be human—“we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” But just as our own atomic age has spawned an entire fantasy genre we know as science fiction, the age of reason was filled with fantastical stories of enchanted forests, wizards, sorceresses, magic lamps, geniis trapped in bottles, and captive maidens. Flip the coin of reason and the opposite side is the fantastic. (Read More)