American Chamber Opera presents The Magic Flute

A snake chases Prince Tamino through a valley. When he falls unconscious, three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night emerge from a temple and kill the beast. The ladies show Tamino a picture of Pamina, the beautiful daughter of their mistress, and he immediately falls in love with her. When they tell him she has been kidnapped by a magician named Sarastro, the Queen appears and asks Tamino to rescue Pamina. The send Papageno, a bird catcher along, to protect him. They stumble across many… Show more road blocks and soon learn that perhaps Sarastro is not the villain that the Queen insists that he is, and the Queen is perhaps the real evil. The Queen visits Pamina, commanding her to murder Sarastro. Horrified, Pamina refuses and begs Sarastro to forgive her mother. He agrees, declaring that only love, not vengeance, will lead to peace and happiness.  Pamina and Tamino undergo tests of their love and committment .   The war heats up between good and evil and eventually the Queen is thrown into darkness.

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