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  • Magic Flute, The
    Magic Flute, The
    noun
    an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • The Magic Flute
    The Magic Flute
    An opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A prince receives a magic flute from the Queen of the Night and sets out to rescue the queen's daughter from an Egyptian priest. He succeeds, and the two are married. Both Mozart and the author of the lyrics to The Magic Flute were Freemasons; their opera sets forth the ideals of this group.

Magic Flute, The

American  

noun

  1. an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The Magic Flute Cultural  

  1. An opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A prince receives a magic flute from the Queen of the Night and sets out to rescue the queen's daughter from an Egyptian priest. He succeeds, and the two are married. Both Mozart and the author of the lyrics to The Magic Flute were Freemasons; their opera sets forth the ideals of this group.

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