(c) Daniel Escalé Gran Teatre del Liceu: The Magic Flute
Barcelona, Gran Teatre del Liceu — Sala Principal
About the Event
Experience the enchanting world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's timeless opera, TThe Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), at the iconic Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
In this new production by Marcos Morau, choreographer and founder of La Veronal, and with Josep Pons, in his new role as honorary music director, at the helm of the orchestra of the Liceu, The Magic Flute is presented as an exceptional event: a stage utopia in which music and image intertwine to build a bridge between opposing worlds.
The wonder of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is much more than an initiatory tale dressed in fantasy. Among enchanted animals and ritual trials unfolds a symbolic universe in which the sacred and the profane coexist, confront each other and transform. The journey of Tamino and Pamina is a spiritual crossing: they overcome fears, silences and mirages to reach a form of knowledge that illuminates from within. In Sarastro’s solar temple, reason, wisdom and fraternity stand as ideals that order and liberate each step of the ritual is a metaphor for the ascent of the soul from darkness toward discernment.
But no light exists without shadow. The Queen of the Night embodies the wounded force that becomes a storm, an ancient power transformed into vengeance. Her aria —as fascinating as it is abyssal— is a sacrilegious act: the order to kill in the name of filial love, where female authority ceases to protect and becomes destructive.
With his visionary music, Mozart turns this opera into a true secular liturgy. Even Papageno, with his radiant innocence, participates in this tension between desire and discipline, play and faith.
In the choreographic vision of Marcos Morau, the tale is reborn as an adult narrative that reminds us that the path of light always crosses shadow that knowledge is never inherited, but conquered. And with the inspiring direction of Josep Pons, The Magic Flute culminates in an apotheosis of redemption: what seemed caricature becomes symbol, and what seemed magic is revealed as inner truth.
Singspiel in two acts.
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder based on the work Lulu, oder die Zauberflöte by A. J. Liebskind
World premiere: 30 September 1791 at Theater auf der Wieden
Barcelona premiere: 15 January 1925 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Last performance at the Liceu: 2 July 2022
Total performances at the Liceu: 85
Program
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Magic Flute
Cast / Production
Sarastro
John Relyea 5, 7, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 29 July
Alex Rosen 6, 8, 18, 20, 23, 25 and 28 July
Tamino
Jack Swanson 5, 7, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 29 July
Ben Bliss 6, 8, 18, 20, 23, 25 and 28 July
Speaker
Albert Dohmen
Priest / Men at Arms
Albert Casals
Jeroboám Tejera
Queen of the Night
Serena Sáenz 5, 7, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 29 July
Alina Wunderlin 6, 8, 18, 20, 23, 25 and 28 July
Pamina
Sara Blanch 5, 7, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 29 July
Chelsea Zurflüh 6, 8, 18, 20, 23, 25 and 28 July
Lady
Patricia Calvache
Gemma Coma‐Alabert
Ana Victoria Pitts
Papagena
Lucía Iglesias
Carles Pachon 5, 7, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 29 July
Jan Antem 6, 8, 18, 20, 23, 25 and 28 July
Monostatos
Jorge Rodríguez Norton 5, 7, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 29 July
Pablo García‐López 6, 8, 18, 20, 23, 25 and 28 July
Address
Gran Teatre del Liceu, La Rambla, 51‐59, Barcelona, Spain — Google Maps
