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Opera Australia finds the joy in The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera

  • Written by David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney

The sheer familiarity of The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera, can blind one to its inherent oddness. It draws on a range of influences, from ancient Egyptian symbolism and freemasonry to European politics (the character of the Queen of the Night has been read as a covert allusion to former Austrian Empress Maria Theresa).

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