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How does the music in Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte portray good and evil?
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0099 0549 2 016 Word Count: 4095 Tutor: Raymond Fearn How does the music in Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte portray good and evil? One of the main aspects of The Magic Flute is the evilness verses the good and the light against the dark. This essay looks at evil and good along side, light and dark as well as an insight into other themes that appear throughout the opera. Music cannot simply be good or evil; it relies upon on instrumentation and imagination of the listener to portray good and evil. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart is a German singspiel or spoken dialogue with music. This opera is an exception to all of his mature operas, not only by being a singspiel but also because it was composed purely for money and it was not performed, to begin with, in an opera house but in a suburban theatre. The Magic Flute is...
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