But if Wagner was thinking about The Magic Flute, then he had a point.
One of the only criticisms Richard Wagner had of Mozart was that he was willing to set low quality libretti to high quality music (and if that was the worst thing Wagner could say about Mozart, then it was high praise). It is truly a head-scratcher from almost any viewpoint. Neither is it a comedy, though there are comic moments. And it’s not the complexity of human relationships that swirl around a basic dramatic premise like “love” (as in The Marriage of Figaro) or morality and politics (as in Don Giovanni). The plot of The Magic Flute is undeniably complicated. The Magic FluteThe Story and Backstory of writing The Magic Flute
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