The Magic Flute by Mozart, Mon 25 Jan 2016, From (2016/2016), Directed by Barrie Kosky, Suzanne Andrade,, Conductor Ivor Bolton, Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

“The sun's rays hunt the night, destroying the powers of impostors”: this is how Mozart's most mysterious opera ends, premiered on September 30, 1791 in Vienna, just a few months before his death. The dual character of the work, in which Beethoven saw the summit that brought together all the forms of singing, from the fugue to the lied - not in vain did he reconcile cultured music with the singspiel, comedy and drama–, contains a message that summarizes all the ideals of the Enlightenment. Opera about common love and sublime love, wonderful story, popular comedy, philosophical fable, confrontation between Good and Evil embodied by light and darkness..., the mosaic created by the Salzburg musician fits together such disparate pieces with brilliant mastery. . The unusual staging by Australian director Barrie Kosky is an attempt to re-code the work with the language of the beginnings of cinema, in a tribute to Buster Keaton and his generation. Kosky returns to The Magic Flute its character as a popular, fun and at the same time stimulating show.