Time: Magic Flute

The opera The Magic Flute, whose libretto was written by Emanuel Schikaneder, was composed by Mozart in 1791. The subject of this opera; Tamino, who has lost his way, is attacked by a monster and faints from exhaustion. The queen's servants, three female fairies, save Tamino from the monster's hands and at that moment the fairies fall in love with Tamino and start arguing, and finally decide to leave him before Tamino wakes up. When Tamino wakes up, he sees Papageno, a bird hunter covered in bird feathers, and asks him who he is. Papageno says that he gives the birds he hunts to the servants of the Queen of the Night and receives food and drink in return. Tamino thinks that Papageno saved him from the monster; Papageno supports this idea and says that he killed him. The three fairies return and say that Papageno lied and that they saved him from the monster. The fairies punish Papageno. Tamino tells the fairies that he is grateful to them, and the fairies show him the picture of Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of Darkness. Tamino falls in love with Pamina as soon as he sees the picture, and at that moment the Queen of Darkness appears. The Queen tells Tamino that she will marry him in exchange for saving her daughter from Sarastro. The fairies give Tamino a magic flute that can change people's hearts. They give Papageno a belled instrument to accompany and protect Tamino, and they start to fight to save Pamina with the three children accompanying them. Papageno enters the palace through a secret passage and meets Sarastro's servant Monastatos, and they are scared of each other's strange appearance and run away from each other, but Papageno returns and tells Pamina that his mother was sent by Tamino to save him. Pamina learns that Tamino is in love with her and is pleased with this situation. When Tamino reaches the temple, he is prevented from entering by the call of "Go back!" that he hears at the Cause and Temperament gate. Tamino realizes that he cannot enter through this door and goes to the Gate of Wisdom and Tamino starts playing his magic flute in the hope that Pamina and Papageno will come. The magic flute brings a group of wild animals tamed, then Papageno's whistle is heard. Papageno and Pamina appear with the sound of Tamino's flute, but they are suddenly captured by Monastatos and his slaves. Papageno enchants them with his magic instrument and they leave their place dancing. Papageno hears that Sarastro and his men are coming and gets scared. He asks Pamina what they should do. Pamina tells him that she should only tell the truth. Sarastro and his delegation come and start judging them. Pamina falls at Sarastro's feet and confesses that Monastatos wanted her love and that is why she tried to escape from him. Sarastro tells Pamina that he will not force her in any way and he will not let her go. Monastatos comes holding Tamino captive. Tamino and Papaya see each other for the first time and embrace at that moment. Monastatos accuses Tamino, but Sarastro does not believe him and punishes him. Sarastro sends Tamino and Pamina to the temple of the character test. The council of priests, presided over by Sarastro, enters and tells Tamino that he can have Pamina if he succeeds in the test ordeal. Tamino and Papageno successfully pass this test and Tamino reunites with Pamina. (wikipedia, 2024) In the work, an axis is drawn on the horizontal axis in order to reflect the magic flute and the forms on this line are intended to reflect the flute and its magic. The red circle reflects magic, the line on the horizontal axis represents the flute and the sharp lines reflect the effect of magic. The dark color in the background represents Tamino's suffering, the red circle represents his love. At the same time, the sharp lines describe the difficulties he experiences.