A Celebration of Mozart’s Opera, “The Magic Flute”

Attend a Lecture by Dr. Richard Fried about the Magic Flute

on April 17 in Rose Hall at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, 

or on Sunday, April 21 at the Christian Community in Devon

Go to the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Magic Flute together on Friday, April 26

1)    Attend a Lecture!  THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF LOVE AND MUSIC IN MOZART’S MAGIC FLUTE by Dr. Richard Fried:  Wednesday, April 17th at 7:30 pm for the lecture in Rose Hall, Camphill Village Kimberton Hills or Sunday, April 21, noon, after service at the Christian Community, 212 Old Lancaster Road, Devon.

A suggested $10 donation is welcome at the door. The lecture is free to those purchasing opera tickets to sit in Dr. Fried’s group.

THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF LOVE AND MUSIC IN MOZART’S MAGIC FLUTE

The Magic Flute, composed in the last year of Mozart’s life, is one of the greatest masterpieces of opera. Fully appreciated and loved for its music, its plot is nonetheless often derided as a curious amalgam of Masonic ideals, set in a fairy tale. I first saw the opera in Covent Garden, London, in 1967, and was immediately captivated.  I have spent over 40 intervening years researching and studying the opera, and I think this commonly-held view by opera critics and musicologists totally misses the true meaning of the opera.

The Magic Flute was composed in the last months of Mozart’s short life, and represents the culmination of his personal struggle to integrate into one great work of art, his belief in human spirituality, particularly as expressed in the Masonic Brotherhood, his understanding of the eternal struggle between masculinity and femininity and its expression and ultimate redemption through love, and his profound belief in the healing power of music.  -Dr. Richard Fried

2)      Go to the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Magic Flute together on Friday, April 26 at 8 pm!  A limited number of $90 tickets (Center Section of the Family Circle) are still available, call Lyla at Camphill Kimberton to reserve your tickets at 610.935.0300, ext. 12.

(Check preferred: CVKH, Development - Magic Flute, PO Box 1045, 1601 Pughtown Rd, Kimberton, PA 19442)

There is a possibility to carpool to the Opera Company - Guests can depart from the Kimberton Waldorf School at 5:45 pm for the 8 pm show.  Please let Lyla know if interested.