| Die Zauberflöte The Magic Flute Music by Mozart Plot Summary |
| Act Two In the Palm Grove. Sarastro informs the priests of the plans which he has laid. The gods have decided that Pamina shall become the wife of the noble youth Tamino. Tamino, however, must prove, by his own power, that he is worthy of admission to the Temple. Therefore Sarastro has taken under his protection Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night, to whom is due all darkness and superstition. But the couple must go through severe ordeals in order to be worthy of entering the Temple of Light, and thus of thwarting the sinister machinations of the Queen. In the succeeding scenes we see these fabulous ordeals, which Tamino, with the assistance of his magic flute and his own purity of purpose, finally overcomes in company with Pamina. The Queen of the Night, her Three Ladies and Monostatos attack the temple but are defeated and banished. The young couple enter into the light of the Temple of the Sun. Papageno also fares well, for he receives Papagena for wife. |
| The above summary is based on material in Kobbe's The Complete Opera Book (in the public domain in the United States of America). |
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