The Magic Flute

We ended our Mozart composer study with a BANG today! We attended a family performance of the Mini Magic Flute. Even though we could have taken O & J, they stayed home with a sitter so Mom and Dad could enjoy the performance and some time with A & N.

A few days ago we did a couple low-key things to prep the kids for the performance-

We listened to "Mozart's Magic Fantasy" by Classical Kids for the umpteenth time (My kids can't get enough of these cds).

And we listened to 2 radio shows on the Classics for Kids website - The Magic Flute and Mozart's Operas.

Throughout the day we had several quick discussions about the storyline- Prior to the performance we wondered how the story would be told and what parts of the story would be included, we read through the synopsis given in the program and speculated some more, and afterwards we talked about what parts were missing (No Sarastro!!), which characters were our favorite (Papageno and the 3 Ladies), and our favorite parts.

It was lovely!!