The performance was staged on Thursday 19 December at the amphitheatre of the 1st EPAL High School of Drama. After a year of intensive rehearsals the children took to the stage giving their best and receiving the warmest applause. The performance was part of the events of this year’s Dream City 2024 and the wider effort of L.U.D. – H.O.H. to promote culture in the local community, offering opportunities for creative expression and entertainment to children from vulnerable families. The performance was the result of a unique creative journey, during which the children attended intensive music and theatre courses, enhancing their artistic abilities.
The central theme developed in The Magic Flute is the power of love for human beings, setting as models the main characters of Tamino and Pamina, who, thanks to love and with the help of music, manage to overcome their trials. The battle of good versus evil, truth versus lies, and the search for the great ideals of life are presented as the main moral lessons.
Tamino’s initial mission gradually turns into a need for a deeper search for knowledge and enlightenment, but this is only satisfied through trials and tribulations before reaching the final elevation to a higher level of happiness.
The performance was funded by the Ioannou F. Kostopoulou Foundation. It was scheduled for Sunday, December 22, however, due to extraordinary commitments of the students, it took place on December 19.