The Magic Flute

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Opera for School Children

Magical instruments…A wicked queen…An imprisoned princess…A courageous prince… Will Prince Tamino’s magic flute be enough to protect him on his quest to save the lovely Princess Pamina? The ultimate adventure opera!

Preview The Magic Flute


Massachusetts Performances (See below for other performances around New England)

Date Time Location Type Contact
Monday, February 23 9:45am & 11:45am Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA School Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Tuesday, February 24 9:45am & 11:45am Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA Private Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Wednesday, February 25 9:45am & 11:45am Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA School Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Thursday, February 26 9:45am & 11:45am Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA School Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Monday, March 2 9:45am & 11:45am The Strand Theatre, Dorchester, MA School Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Monday, March 16 9:45am & 11:45am John Hancock Hall, Boston, MA School Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Thursday, March 19 9:45am & 11:45am Duxbury Performing Arts Center, Duxbury, MA School Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Tuesday, March 24 9:45am & 11:45am Sorenson Center, Babson College, Wellesley, MA School Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Wednesday, March 25 9:45am & 11:45am Sorenson Center, Babson College, Wellesley, MA School Julie House jhouse@blo.org
Tuesday, April 7 9:00am Wareham High School, Wareham, MA Private Julie House jhouse@blo.org

Magic Flute Photo

  • Performed in English, fully staged in one hour, with sets and costumes
  • Fairy tale elements celebrate courage, virtue, and wisdom
  • Appropriate for students in grades 3-8 and their teachers
  • CD recording & curriculum-based study guide available

Tickets are $9.50 each, with one free ticket for every 15 purchased.

For information contact Julie Oldfield House at 617.542.4912 x242 or jhouse@blo.org

More than a performance!
Use the opera in your classroom as a learning tool across the curriculum—long before you enter the theatre.

  • Your purchase of 15 or more tickets includes a free study guide based on Massachusetts Learning Standards—in all subject areas!—and a free CD.
  • Your purchase of 28 or more tickets also includes an interactive in-school preview with an opera singer, free inside Route 495.

For more information, contact Julie Oldfield House at 617.542.4912 x242 or jhouse@blo.org.

Performances Outside Massachusetts

Connecticut

Date Time Location Type Contact
Wednesday, April 1 10:00am & noon Hyde Cultural Center, Woodstock, CT Venue performingartsnect.org
Thursday, April 2 10:00am & noon Hyde Cultural Center, Woodstock, CT Venue performingartsnect.org
Friday,
April 3		 10:15am & 12:15pm Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT Venue Phyllis Gustafson-Marsilius 203.334.7574


New Hampshire

Date Time Location Type Contact
Tuesday, March 10 10:00am Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, NH Venue Ccanh.com
Friday,
April 10		 10:00am & 7:00pm Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH Venue Friends-of-the-arts.org


Maine

Date Time Location Type Contact
Thursday, April 9 9:30am & 12:30pm Westbrook High School, Westbrook, ME Venue Joanna Baker 207.854.0846

This project is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that funds your community’s local cultural council.

Magic Flute PhotoThe Calderwood Charitable Foundation
Principal Production Sponsors

Learn more about this exciting opera with these easy-to-read study guides:

  1. Synopsis
  2. Sinopsis en Espanol
  3. Mozart: The Man
  4. Elements of Opera
  5. Los Elementos de Opera
  6. Activity: Magic Math
  7. Activity: Magic Flute Word Search
  8. Activity Opera Crossword
  9. Theatre Etiquette
  10. Etiquetta del Teatro