W.A. Mozart

The Magic Flute

8-10 August 2025, Kastelholm Castle

Tickets

About the Performance

Mozart’s The Magic Flute is a fairy tale – but also a drama about the inner struggle of the human soul. Here, the emotions of the night and the reason of the day meet: two forces, equally powerful and utterly opposed.

On one side stands the Queen of the Night, burning with passion, maternal love, and the fire of revenge. She is feeling in its rawest form – when it loves, demands, and mourns. Her music flashes – virtuosic and wild.

On the other side stands Sarastro, the wise leader of the priests. He embodies calm, wisdom, and inner discipline. His music is deep and steady – as if the earth itself were speaking.

Between them stand Tamino and Pamina. They carry both worlds within them – desire and yearning, but also the search for something greater. Their trials teach them that emotion without wisdom can be dangerous, and that reason without love grows cold.

Music becomes the bridge between these opposites. When the flute sounds, the wild beasts are stilled. In song, darkness and light meet, heart and mind – not in conflict, but in harmony.

The Magic Flute is more than an opera. It shows that a person becomes whole only when they reconcile their contradictions – through music, through love, through understanding.

Tid

The performance start at 9 p.m and lasts about 2 1/2 hours, with one intermission

Language

The performance is in swedish

Venue

The performance is held at Kastelholm Castle. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/7L3zhF8LRiqE1a646) It is outdoors and it can be cold after sundown. A warm jacket is recommended.

Getting there

For those not arriving with their own car, there is the possibility to come by bus (booking through viking bus, more information shortly). You can also book an evening cruise with the steamboat Sunnan2 from Mariehamn at  https://sunnan.ax/en/

Artistic team

Dan Karlström

Director

Alberto Hold-Garrido

Conductor

Maria Antman

Stage Designer

Joona Huotari

Costumde Designer

Timo Alhanen

Light Design

Tomi Pietilä

Sound Design

Tero-Pekka Henell

Orchestra manager

I Rollerna

Albin Jansson

2. Priest

Carolina Krogius

2. Lady

Christian Juslin

1. Armoured Man

Elin Karlström

2. Boy

Elina Granlund

Papagena

Freja Lindroos

3. Boy

Ida Löfman

1. Boy

Joel Forsström

Monostatos

Katja Söderbäck

Producer

Lisa Fornhammar

Queen of the night

Markus Nykänen

Tamino

Olivia Kyllönen

3. Lady

Peter Achren

Speaker 

Petri Lindroos

Sarastro

Philip Björkqvist

Papageno

Sofie Asplund

Pamina

Solveig Lindroos

Assistant Conductor

Therese Karlsson

1. Lady

Björn Blomqvist

2 armed man

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