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[[File:Sketch by Despléchin for the decor of Act4 tableau7 of 'La Flûte enchantée' Théâtre Lyrique 1865 - Gallica.jpg|thumb|400px|Act 4, Scene 7, as sketched for the 1865 Théâtre Lyrique production.]]
Or, in the original German, '''''Die Zauberflöte'''''.
The last opera [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] ever wrote (''la clemenza di Tito'' was composed after the Flute was started, but before its completion), right after he was initiated into the Freemasons; the libretto is thus rife with that organization's symbolism. '''''The Magic Flute''''' is actually closer to our understanding of a [[Musical]] than [[Opera]]: it is generally as seen as [[Lighter and Softer]] than, say, [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Der Ring Des Nibelungen|The Ring of the Nibelung]]'', and deals more with the themes of ignorance versus wisdom and the virtues of love and family rather than the fall of the gods and the end of the world. Also, being a "''singspiel''," it has dialogue, not just singing. To make a long story short, this was the Mozartian equivalent of ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', with which it shares a similar level of popularity within its genre.
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Pamina, bereft of her beloved, decides to kill herself. Fortunately, the Three Young Boys intervene and take her to Tamino, who can now apologize; Pamina is so overjoyed that she doesn't even make him sleep on the couch. Next, Papageno attempts the same thing, only to be saved by the [[Deus Ex Machina|Three Young Boys]] and united with his no-longer-disguised-as-a-squishy-old-woman Papagena. Finally, the Queen of the Night, Monostatos and the Three Ladies attempt to attack the Temple, only to be... umm... Well, ''some''thing happens that takes them out of contention. But whatever, the bad guys die a lot, and both couples have their [[Happy Ending]] as the curtain falls.
''The Magic Flute'' has been made into two movies (as well as numerous filmed stage performances). ''Trollflöjten'' (1975), a Swedish translation filmed by [[Ingmar Bergman]], was a semi-surrealist, [[No Fourth Wall]] fantasy which shows not only the audience, the stage and the theatre, but how the singers kill time while offstage. It is
Other adaptations include a [[Comic Book]] by P. Craig Russell with an ending that can be best described as trippy, a novelization (''Night's Daughter'') by [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]], and ''Magic Flute Diaries'', a film about a performance of ''The Magic Flute''.
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* [[Adorkable]]: Papageno, particularly in the Kenneth Branagh film.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Queen and her Three Ladies, before Monostatos does his [[Face Heel Turn]] and joins them.
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* [[Chick Magnet]]: Tamino - just watch the three ladies squabbling over him.
* [[Cowardly Sidekick]], [[Lovable Coward]]: Papageno
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Subverted with Pamina
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Papagena, sometimes right down to the feathery outfit.
* [[Dude in Distress]]: Tamino, the designated hero, enters screaming and swooning and has to be rescued by the three ladies. He gets better.
* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Guess who? (And in case it got lost in the coloratura display, she's abandoning a blatant opportunity to rescue her daughter, so that she can threaten her with [[Parental Abandonment]] if the princess won't kill Sarastro for her.)
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Subverted
* [[Final Love Duet]]: Papageno and Papagena [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UE2GC5db0 get one].
* [[Genre Busting]]: Considered the first true German Opera, and completely discards the labels of Opera Seria (drama) or Opera Buffa (comedy).
* [[Genre Shift]]: The opera begins as an ordinary fairy tale plot, but midway through Tamino's main goal changes dramatically from "save the princess" to "be accepted as one of the Freemasons".
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* [[Magical Flutist]]: Naturally, and there are also magic bells involved.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Papagei" (related to English "popinjay") is the German word for "parrot."
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Pamina, I Am Your Father]]: Sarastro is sometimes played with this angle, [[Depending
** The thing is, the libretto has the Queen telling Pamina: "Ever since your father died, my power has been dwindling." She ''could'' be speaking metaphorically... but so much attention is given to her famous aria (the one everyone and their dog knows), which follows right after. Plus, the scene is usually shortened.
** So? [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]]'s father died, [[From a Certain Point of View]].
* [[Playing
** Explanation: Men and women's voices fully mature at different ages (women around 20, men around 35), and different voice types work within different age constraints. Coloratura soprano roles like the Queen require an agile, athletic kind of voice, which is much more common in younger singers. Lyric soprano roles like Pamina, however, are more suitable for an interpretive artist, and that is much easier for someone with years of experience under her belt.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Papageno/a.
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