{"id":131465,"date":"2023-01-27T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-144206"},"modified":"2023-01-27T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T22:30:00","slug":"random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/27\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of &#8216;The Magic Flute&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e35233ad539fd\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e35233ad539fd\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e35233ad539fd\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-1.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e35233ad539fd\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-1.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 1\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/news\/shows\/greater-la\/kblt-arts\/pacific-opera-project\">Pacific Opera Project<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mozart and Mario might sound really similar in name, but they don&#8217;t have too many other similarities \u2014 except for that one time that Mozart was in a little-known SNES\/NES game called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/marios_time_machine\">Mario&#8217;s Time Machine<\/a>, but let&#8217;s not worry about that for now.<\/p>\n<p>Our point is that you have to be pretty darn creative to mash the two up into an opera, but that&#8217;s just what the LA-based Pacific Opera Project has done with their retelling of Mozart&#8217;s opera, <strong>The Magic Flute<\/strong> \u2014 or as they&#8217;re calling it, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificoperaproject.com\/superflute\">#Superflute<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 2\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/154a728bf855c\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NDUgNDUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"450\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/154a728bf855c\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-2.445x.jpg\" alt=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 3\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/df93efa6df614\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-3.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NDUgMzczIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"373\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/df93efa6df614\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-3.445x.jpg\" alt=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pacoperaproj\/\">Pacific Opera Project<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>POP is a group trying to provide &#8220;quality opera that is accessible, affordable, and entertaining&#8221;, and as part of that aim, they&#8217;ve done mash-ups before \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificoperaproject.com\/production-history\/abduction-from-the-seraglio\">Mozart and Star Trek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificoperaproject.com\/production-history\/le-nozze-di-figaro\">Mozart and Scarface<\/a>, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificoperaproject.com\/production-history\/covid-fan-tutte\">Mozart and COVID<\/a>. They last performed a Nintendo-flavoured Magic Flute in 2019, which featured characters like Mega Man, Donkey Kong, Wario, Zelda, and Pit from Kid Icarus.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the director had to say at the time about the show (from <a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/entertainment\/opera-meets-mario-in-a-video-game-take-on-the-magic-flute\">LAist<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The theme] just lined up so well, because you have Tamino in the Magic Flute, who&#8217;s all about going on quests, and trying to find his princess, Pamina \u2014 and that is Zelda and Link exactly. And then you have Mario, who&#8217;s a coin collector \u2014 Papageno&#8217;s a bird collector, so it&#8217;s a pretty close correlation there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b5993055e6f50\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-4.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgMzMzIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"333\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b5993055e6f50\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-4.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 4\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/entertainment\/opera-meets-mario-in-a-video-game-take-on-the-magic-flute\">Pacific Opera Project<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 5\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fc825f055c5ff\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-5.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNDUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fc825f055c5ff\/random-opera-group-adds-mario-to-mozart-in-nintendo-themed-retelling-of-the-magic-flute-5.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Random: Opera Group Adds Mario To Mozart In Nintendo-Themed Retelling Of 'The Magic Flute' 5\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/entertainment\/opera-meets-mario-in-a-video-game-take-on-the-magic-flute\">Pacific Opera Project<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If this is even half as good as that one Nintendo-themed burlesque show we went to ages ago, we&#8217;re booking tickets to LA sharpish. And if you&#8217;re already in LA \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificoperaproject.com\/superflute\">you can buy tickets right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Pacific Opera Project Mozart and Mario might sound really similar in name, but they don&#8217;t have too many other similarities \u2014 except for that one time that Mozart was in a little-known SNES\/NES game called Mario&#8217;s Time Machine, but let&#8217;s not worry about that for now. Our point is that you have to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}