NNTT at home - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

A young prince Tamino is saved from a serpent by the Three Ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night. The bird-catcher Papageno boasts that it was him who killed the creature, and is punished. When Tamino learns that the Queen's daughter Pamina has been abducted by the evil Sarastro, he vows to rescue her. He is given a magic flute and Papageno magic bells for protection. When they arrive at Sarastro's palace, however, Tamino discovers that Sarastro is in fact a wise ruler, and it is the Queen of the Night who is evil. Tamino and Papageno are invited into the palace.

Tamino agrees to undergo trials of initiation in order to gain Pamina's hand, and Papageno also reluctantly agrees as he wants a wife too. Meanwhile, the Queen of the Night appears to her daughter, and giving her a dagger orders her to kill Sarastro. Pamina is confused, but Sarastro explains that only love prevails in this sacred place. However, when Tamino won't speak to her because he is on a vow of silence she is grief-stricken and tries to kill herself. Eventually, though, the two are successfully reunited and they face the ordeal of fire and water together. Happily, Papageno finds Papagena too. The Queen of the Night and her followers try to attack the temple but are engulfed in thunder, and the opera ends with a chorus hailing Sarastro and his wisdom.