What begins like a fairy-tale turns into a whimsical fantasy halfway between magic farce and Masonic mysticism: The Magic Flute links a love story with the great questions of the Enlightenment, juxtaposes bird-catcher charm with queenly vengeance, and bewitches the listener with music that mixes cheerful melodies, loversâ arias, showstopping coloraturas and mysterious chorales. W. A. Mozartâs opera premiered in 1791 and is one of the most often performed operas in the world. The production on the Bregenz Festival lake stage impresses the audience with a fantastic setting framed by three dog-dragons, each of them more than twenty meters in height. âDavid Pountney finds stunning answers to the everlasting questions surrounding âThe Magic Fluteâ.â (Tagesspiegel) âThe âplay on the lakeâ in Bregenz takes the audience into a fantasy world.â (Salzburger Nachrichten)
