Opera "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5 July 2027 – 29 July 2027 · 19:30
Gran Teatre del Liceu, el Raval, Ciutat Vella
In this new production by Marcos Morau, choreographer and founder of La Veronal, with Josep Pons, in his new role as honorary music director, leading the Liceu orchestra, 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. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's marvel is far more than an initiation tale dressed in fantasy. Among enchanted animals and ritual trials unfolds a symbolic universe in which the sacred and sacrilegious coexist, confront one another and are transformed. Tamino and Pamina's journey 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; every step of the ritual is a metaphor for the soul's ascent from darkness towards discernment. But no light exists without shadow. The Queen of the Night embodies wounded force turned into a storm, an ancient power transformed into vengeance. Her aria —as fascinating as it is abyssal— is a sacrilegious act: the command to kill in the name of filial love, where female authority…
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 8 September 2026