DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
THE MAGIC FLUTE — WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
NEW PRODUCTION OF THE FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
A COPRODUCTION WITH LES THÉÂTRES DE LA VILLE DE LUXEMBOURG, OPERA BALLET VLAANDEREN
SINGSPIEL IN TWO ACTS, K.620
LIBRETTO BY EMANUEL SCHIKANEDER
FIRST PERFORMED ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1791 AT THE THEATER AUF DER WIEDEN IN VIENNA
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About
Through myriad states of rapture and mystery, a couple makes its way from darkness to light, bearing a new ideal for human society. Mozart’s favourite work, whose popular success he was able to witness until his dying hours, is a miraculous aesthetic and spiritual achievement: its complex simplicity, with its unique diversity of tones and languages, makes it a universal masterpiece in its own right, somewhere between fairy-tale entertainment and noble initiation. But any bright utopia invariably has a dark side when it assumes concrete form in the West of yesterday or today; when a certain vision of the perfect community enters history. Digging into the sensitive archives of our collective memory, Clément Cogitore invites us to follow the bildungsroman of young children as they grow up in a world of fragile beauty and uncertain truth. For the first time at the Festival, Leonardo García-Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea are taking on a work by its flagship composer, performed by a cast that is every bit as magical as the occasion requires.
Performances
Youth prices
€93, €69, €55, €42, €29, €18, €10
Performance available with ticket packages and Dinner & Opera offer
Sung in German with French and English surtitles
2 hours and 50 minutes with one interval
GETTING TO THE FESTIVAL
— by public transport or by bike
— by carpooling
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NEW!
Return shuttle to Marseille – Saint‑Charles Train Station after the performance.
Departure at 12:40 a.m., Bourse bus stop (Jean Jaurès Blvd), a 5‑minute walk from the Théâtre de l’Archevêché.
Service guaranteed with a minimum of 10 passengers.
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EXTENSIONS
Exhibition Clément Cogitore: Ferdinandea, the ephemeral island
Until September 20, 2026 at Mucem (Marseille)
Exhibition Clément Cogitore : Memory Palace
From July 6 to October 4, 2026 at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2026
