Miami performances are at the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami.

Fort Lauderdale performances are at the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale.

Children must be at least six years old to attend.

Die Zauberflöte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Mozart's operatic masterpiece, reveals some of opera's most beloved characters as they play out the timeless drama of good versus evil: the vengeful Queen of the Night, her conflicted daughter Pamina, the charming bird catcher Papageno, and the handsome prince Tamino. It is the enlightened Sarastro, though, who thwarts the Queen of the Night's attack and breaks her power forever.

This fairy tale work was written to provide popular, even slapstick entertainment for a rustic theater on the outskirts of Vienna, but its harmonic structure and beautiful music have made it a key monument of Western classical music. Ever since its 1791 premiere it continues to be one of the world's most frequently-performed operas.

Cast

Tamino
Andrew Bidlack

Papageno
Jonathan G. Michie

Queen
Jeanette Vecchione [debut]

Pamina
Lisette Oropesa [debut]

Sarastro
Jordan Bisch

Conductor
Andrew Bisantz

Stage Director
Jeffrey Marc Buchman

Choreographer
Rosa Mercedes

Sung in German with English and Spanish projected titles.

Miami performances are sponsored, in part, by Funding Arts Network, Inc. Fort Lauderdale performances are sponsored, in part, by Funding Arts Broward, Inc.

Photo © by John Grigaitis for Michigan Opera Theatre