Shirley J. Juvenile Fiction The story as told through a little girl's adventure
Mozart's Magic Fantasy: A Journey Through the Magic Flute by Classical Kids 40 pages
A little girl finds herself on a quest to help Tamino and a birdcatcher, Papageno, find the Queen of the Night's missing daughter. While they think they are chasing an evil wizard who has kidnapped the princess it turns out he is not evil at all and is actually helping the princess escape her mother's clutches to live a happy life with her hero, Tamino. Lots more to the story but a lovely retelling of Mozart's fanciful story, the Magic Flute, and who can forget that amazing song of the Queen of the Night from Mozart's opera of the same name? I think it must have inspired Wagner many years later to write the Ride of the Valkryies. I recommend this story to the very young on up as it gives a clear understanding of the actual story behind the opera. Well done.
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