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The opera fairy-tale The Magic Flute, an exceptional work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is scheduled from March 4, 2023, at the CNT in Zagreb with new opera singers and debutants.

The Magic Flute staged by Krešimir Dolenčić in November 2018, with Nikša Bareza as conductor received great acclaim from the critics and the audience. The original cast was Tomislav Mužek as Tamino, Valentina Fijačko Kobić and Marija Kuhar Šoša as Pamina, Ivana Lazar and Lidija Horvat Dunjko as the Queen of the Night and Ozren Bilušić and Ljubomir Puškarić as Papageno.

In this season the conductor of The Magic Flute will be maestro Srba Dinić and Mateo Ivan Rašić will have his debut as Tamino. Mateo Rašić commenced his music education in 2006 in the prominent Wilten Boys’ Choir under the leadership of Johannes Stecher with whom he has been studying since 2018 at the Conservatory in Innsbruck. In 2019 he enrolled vocal pedagogy at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.

The renowned baritone Miljenko Turk, with appearances on large European stages and festivals and with the honorary title of Kammersänger, the highest acknowledgement for opera artists in the western Opera world, will sing the role of Papageno. The young soprano Marta Hut will sing the First Lady for the first time on the stage of the CNT in Zagreb.

The Queen of the Night will be sung by Viktorija Đurđek and Lidija Horvat Dunjko. Tamino will be Filip Filipović and Tomislav Mužek; Ivana Lazar, Darija Auguštan and Josipa Lončar will sing the role of Pamina; Ozren Bilušić and Miljenko Turk the role of Papageno; Siniša Štork and Marko Špehar the role of Sarastro, Marin Čargo and Toni Nežić the role of the Speaker and Nikša Radovanović and Siniša Galović the role of the Priest.

For detailed cast click here. The performances with the new cast are scheduled for March 6, 7, 9 and 11, 2023.

Mozart's last opera The Magic Flute unites all the best characteristics of one of the greatest composers in history who, in the form of a fairy-tale, told the story about the fight of good against evil, about the victory of love and honesty over intrigues, malice and death. The Magic Flute after the libretto of Emanuel Schikaneder is one of the peaks of opera art and a challenge, both for the performers and the spectators. It had its world opening night on September 30, 1791, in Vienna, only two months before Mozart's death.