Prince Tamino falls in love with the statue of Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night, who then orders the prince to free her daughter from the clutches of her adversary Sarastro. With his friend Papageno, Tamino goes in search of his beloved and, with the help of a carillon and a magic flute, experiences dangerous adventures in the endless vastness of space.
The cult production of one of the most performed operas of all time, which first appeared at the Gemeinschaftstheater in the 2018/2019 season, finally returns to the stage of the Krefeld Theater after five years.

Kobie van Rensburg's science fiction concept combines the extended cast of Die Zauberflöte with well-known characters from fantasy cinema and has become a hit with young and old alike. But even for fantasy fans, this unique Zauberflöte remains comprehensible and an entertaining delight. The video technology used - computer-generated images of the environment instead of a built scenery and a live camera with a blue-screen process for the performers - is used gingerly in Mozart's masterpiece about the dark and light forces in the Sevenfold Circle of the Sun and transforms the opera stage into an intergalactic, magical place.