The Magic Flute - Royal Ballet and Opera
- 3hr 5min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Royal Opera House
- 5/5 based on 1 review
- Booking details
- Booking from: Sunday, 13 December 2026 Booking until: Wednesday, 17 February 2027
- Running time: 3hr 5min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Age restrictions
The Magic Flute - Royal Ballet and Opera description
The Magic Flute, presented at the Royal Opera House in a production by David McVicar, brings Mozart's most fantastical opera to life with all the theatrical invention and musical splendour that this greatest of works demands. When young Prince Tamino sets out to rescue Pamina — urged on by the vengeful Queen of the Night — he embarks on a journey through illusion and trial that will ultimately reveal what truly matters: love, wisdom, and the courage to seek the light. Written to a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, The Magic Flute weaves together fairy-tale adventure, profound Masonic symbolism, and comic genius in a way that no other opera quite replicates.
David McVicar, whose productions of Rigoletto, La traviata, and Lucia di Lammermoor at this house have become benchmarks for operatic stagecraft, brings his formidable skill to a score in which Mozart scales the very heights of his art. The Queen of the Night's fiendishly demanding aria, Papageno's irresistible songs, and the radiant music of the final trial scene are among the most celebrated pages in the operatic canon. The Magic Flute is the opera that reminds you, every single time, why Mozart changed the world.
