Mozart Die Zauberflöte

Magic opera Singspiel a comedy with spectacular stage effects Masonic ritual with Egyptian mysteries heroiccomic opera Die Zauberflöte is heard more often and has been more frequently performed discussed queried and interrogated than almost any other work in the history of opera It is rare for the mysteriousness and multiformity of a work to be adjured with such mantric intensity It is equally rare for a work to enjoy such undisputed success despite all these debates and for over two hundred years at that