The Magic Flute by Mozart, From (2022/2023), Directed by Cécile Roussat, Julien Lubeck,, Conductor Hervé Niquet, Opéra Royal, Versailles, France

In 1791 at the Theater auf der Wieden, in a suburb of Vienna, Mozart gave the premiere of his Singspiel Die Zauberflöte. The libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, who is also directing in his own theater, wants to speak to a popular audience in his own language. Thanks to the dramatic and dreamlike qualities of the work, and to Mozart's brilliant music, it exceeded one hundred performances in one year, and its success has grown to this day. But to captivate young and old, music lovers and novice audiences, the asset of Mozart and Schikaneder was to speak to the spectators in their own language - and not in Italian like the court opera. This is what this production offers, in an entirely French version,