Photo Suomen kansallisooppera ja -baletti (c) Heikki Tuuli

The Magic Flute

Helsinginkatu 58, 00260 Helsinki
Finnish National Opera and Ballet

In this celebrated production created at the Komische Opera in Berlin, The Magic Flute is recast as a fantastic tale from the golden era of silent cinema.

In this celebrated production created at the Komische Opera in Berlin, The Magic Flute is recast as a fantastic tale from the golden era of silent cinema.

Combining animation and live singers makes for a hugely enjoyable and widely acclaimed experience. In this celebrated production created at the Komische Opera in Berlin, The Magic Flute is recast as a fantastic tale from the golden era of silent cinema. The precisely timed collaboration of live action and moving images brings an endless variety of fantastic riches to the stage.

The familiary story of Tamino seeking Pamina and Papageno pining for Papagena and of the struggle between darkness and light is all there, as is Mozart’s wonderful music. The story is more captivating than ever, with the spoken dialogue being replaced with animation and text.

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor: Jonas Rannila

Direction: Suzanne Andrade, Barrie Kosky 

Finnish National Opera and Ballet

15.9.2022 – 26.4.2023 

Ticketa 17-107€, age suggestion 7+, duration 2 h 45 min

Performed in Finnish, surtitles in Finnish, Swedish and English