Prince Tamino no longer wants to be a prince. However, when he falls in love with the portrait of Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night, he is ready for any heroic deed. First, he is to free Pamina from Sarastro's clutches for the Queen, and then, once in Sarastro's realm, he must face life-threatening trials for him. At his side are the free-spirited Papageno and a magic flute. In the end, Tamino and Pamina are reunited, and Papageno is no longer alone – a happy ending? "The Magic Flute" is a beautiful parable about growing up, told in dreamlike images by director Dirk Schmeding for young and old alike.

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The Magic Flute

Stadttheater Minden

Kurpark Bad Oeynhausen

Konzert Theater Coesfeld 

Detmold Theatre

Smetana's Bartered Bride depicts the state of emergency into which an entire Czech village is plunged during the fair and the seemingly hopeless struggle of a young woman for her seemingly betrayed and sold love. The utopian counter-world of a traveling circus holds up a mirror to the villagers' desires, their dependencies, fears and hopes.

Die verkaufte Braut (Prodaná Nevěsta)

Vienna State Opera

Great Italian drama! A stage full of "real life", with artificially created, convincing reality: sobbing, wheezing, crying, transformation, exhaustion, garnished with a sugary-sweet "bell choir" and a real fight for the best view of the village theater, which becomes the scene of a bloody tragedy. Pagliacci is a big, glittering, shimmering, escalating show that piles up all the advantages of Italian opera - until at the end everything collapses and only one thing remains: the unvarnished finale. And you never know how close it comes to real life.

Dirk Schmeding

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 15 - May 30, 2026

The Magic Flute · Landestheater Detmold

Past events

Mar 15 - May 30, 2026

The Magic Flute · Landestheater Detmold

Sep 25, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026

Die verkaufte Braut (Prodaná Nevěsta) · Wiener Staatsoper

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