Zwickau
Opera: The Magic Flute
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is far more than a fairy tale with familiar melodies – it is a musical plea for independent thinking, maturity, and reconciliation. At the center are not the Queen of the Night and Sarastro, but two young people caught between
these poles of power: Pamina and Tamino. Both are instrumentalized. The Queen of the Night uses Tamino as an instrument of her revenge and puts emotional pressure on her daughter.
Sarastro, in turn, removes Pamina from her mother, but conceals his motives and subjects Tamino to rigorous trials – in the firm belief that he knows what is right. Here, good and evil are not fixed constants, but perspectives. Mozart and his librettist
Emanuel Schikaneder expose claims to power on both sides as transgressive. The real momentum of the opera emanates from Pamina and Tamino. They pass their trials not through obedience, but through trust, steadfastness, and mutual love. Pamina in particular is not a passive
figure, but the moral center of the work: She consciously chooses reason over hatred and violence.
By acting together, the couple overcomes the conflict of the older generation, not through victory, but through insight. In 1791, the year of Mozart's death, a work of the Enlightenment was created in the guise of popular theater: accessible, witty, profound. “The Magic Flute” tells of how one frees oneself from ideological labels – and how humanity can be stronger than any power. An opera that enchants because
it trusts us to become wiser.
Musical Director Leo Siberski
Director Horst Kupich
Set and Costumes Jakob Knapp
Dramaturgy Josias Ray, Christina Schmidt
Chorus Master Michael Konstantin
With Elisabeth Birgmeier, Christina Maria Gass, Manja Ilgen, Silke Jahn-Popov,
Joanna Jaworowska, Paula Mürb-Hauschild, Qiuyaxu Jin, Viktorija Narvidaité, Jacqueline Treydel, Beata Panfil, Iwona Semla, Natalia Willot; Markus Ahme, André Gass, Marian Hadraba, Wonjong Lee, Nikolaus Nitzsche, Gabriel Schwärski, Andrey Valiguras, Gabriel
Wernick; Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus of Theater Plauen-Zwickau; Clara-Schumann-Philharmoniker Plauen-Zwickau
Soirée: October 14 | 6:00 PM | Free admission
Public Rehearsal: October 14 | 7:00 PM | Free admission
Premiere: October 18 | 6:00 PM | followed by a premiere reception in the foyer
Further Performances: October 21 | 7:30 PM + October 25 | 6:00 PM
Ticket Prices: €11.00–€42.00
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is far more than a fairy tale with familiar melodies – it is a musical plea for independent thinking, maturity, and reconciliation. At the center are not the Queen of the Night and Sarastro, but two young people caught between
these poles of power: Pamina and Tamino. Both are instrumentalized. The Queen of the Night uses Tamino as an instrument of her revenge and puts emotional pressure on her daughter.
Sarastro, in turn, removes Pamina from her mother, but conceals his motives and subjects Tamino to rigorous trials – in the firm belief that he knows what is right. Here, good and evil are not fixed constants, but perspectives. Mozart and his librettist
Emanuel Schikaneder expose claims to power on both sides as transgressive. The real momentum of the opera emanates from Pamina and Tamino. They pass their trials not through obedience, but through trust, steadfastness, and mutual love. Pamina in particular is not a passive
figure, but the moral center of the work: She consciously chooses reason over hatred and violence.
By acting together, the couple overcomes the conflict of the older generation, not through victory, but through insight. In 1791, the year of Mozart's death, a work of the Enlightenment was created in the guise of popular theater: accessible, witty, profound. “The Magic Flute” tells of how one frees oneself from ideological labels – and how humanity can be stronger than any power. An opera that enchants because
it trusts us to become wiser.
Musical Director Leo Siberski
Director Horst Kupich
Set and Costumes Jakob Knapp
Dramaturgy Josias Ray, Christina Schmidt
Chorus Master Michael Konstantin
With Elisabeth Birgmeier, Christina Maria Gass, Manja Ilgen, Silke Jahn-Popov,
Joanna Jaworowska, Paula Mürb-Hauschild, Qiuyaxu Jin, Viktorija Narvidaité, Jacqueline Treydel, Beata Panfil, Iwona Semla, Natalia Willot; Markus Ahme, André Gass, Marian Hadraba, Wonjong Lee, Nikolaus Nitzsche, Gabriel Schwärski, Andrey Valiguras, Gabriel
Wernick; Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus of Theater Plauen-Zwickau; Clara-Schumann-Philharmoniker Plauen-Zwickau
Soirée: October 14 | 6:00 PM | Free admission
Public Rehearsal: October 14 | 7:00 PM | Free admission
Premiere: October 18 | 6:00 PM | followed by a premiere reception in the foyer
Further Performances: October 21 | 7:30 PM + October 25 | 6:00 PM
Ticket Prices: €11.00–€42.00
Dates
Venue
Theater Plauen-Zwickau
Neuberinplatz
08056 Zwickau
