Pursued by a serpent in a strange land between the sun and the moon, Prince Tamino soon finds himself at the centre of a wild adventure when he is saved by the mysterious handmaidens of the commanding Queen of the Night. Sent on a mission to save the Queen's captured daughter Pamina with a magic flute and bumbling servant Papageno, Prince Tamino's trials have just begun as he loses his heart to the Princess and comes to realise that the nature of good and evil in this odd place may not be as clear as they first appear.

Tyranny and treachery intwine in Giacomo Puccini's menacing tragedy, staged by the Seattle Opera at McCaw Hall. A signature piece of the repertoire, Puccini infuses a twisting story of love, sacrifice, and revenge with soaring music that fills the auditorium and overpowers the senses, before building to a searing finale!