History Theatre / SuperFlute

That's the concept for the Pacific Opera Project's reimagined production of [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]]'s famous opera. ''[=SuperFlute=]'' retells the story of Tamino, Pamina, and Papageno in a completely new setting: the 8-bit land of the Mushroom Kingdom, where characters are portrayed by classic video game icons (Tamino is [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], Pamina is Zelda, Papageno is [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mario]], and so on).

Produced by the Los Angeles opera company, the Pacific Opera Project (AKA "POP"), this modern retelling contains a new book and lyrics written by Josh Shaw and E. Scott Levin. It was performed at the El Portal Theater in 2019. The following year, the show was livestreamed in its entirety on POP's official [=YouTube=] account; it can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaHrwCpwC5M here]].

** The Queen of the Night is [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Urbosa]], and her ladies are now Gerudo warriors.

* FramingDevice: The prologue establishes that the story takes place within the NES of two teenage boys living in [[TheEighties 1980's]] Los Angeles. Things kick off when their mother storms in to unplug the system... only for it to magically turn itself back on.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: The show portrays Urbosa and Princess Zelda as the Queen of the Night and Pamina, who are mother and daughter. Urbosa was just Zelda's mentor in the games.

* AndYouWereThere: The teenagers and mother who appear during the overture are played by the same actors who play Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, and Urbosa. Even their actions foreshadow their roles: one teen (Mario) pops ''Super Mario Bros.'' into the NES, the one in green pajamas (Link) plays ''The Legend of Zelda'', the taller teen eating a banana (DK) interrupts them to play ''Donkey Kong'', and the mom (Urbosa) steps in to shut the whole thing down.

** Diddy Kong tells Papageno that [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle “our princess is in another castle”]], the “princess” being Pamina in this case.

Bear in mind that this is still a pretty faithful production of ''The Magic Flute'' and not a ''parody'' of it, though it does spoof several opera and video game tropes. Also, while it was advertised as ''The Magic Flute'' during its run, we will be referring to it here by its official nickname, "[=SuperFlute=]", to differentiate it from the original work.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Link fights Bowser, ''Mario's'' enemy, in the first act. Justified, of course, since Link is Tamino and Bowser is the serpent.

** Link and Mario get a game over when the former accidentally tampers with a Bob-omb. The stage goes black, the classic Mario death jingle plays, and a classic "Continue?" screen pops up before the scene resets.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: The show portrays Urbosa and Princess Zelda as the Queen of the Night and her daughter Pamina, respectively. Urbosa was just Zelda's mentor in the games.

* FishOutOFWater: Tamino/Link gets pretty confused when he first steps into the Mushroom Kingdom, and wonders if there are any levers or Hyrulian monsters around.

* FramingDevice: The prologue establishes that the story takes place within the NES of two teenage boys living in [[The80s 1980's]] Los Angeles. Things kick off when their mother storms in to unplug the system... only for it to magically turn itself back on.

* CrossCastRole: Toad and Toadsworth, who take on the roles of the Three Boys alongside Toadette, are played by female performers.

** Monostatos is VideoGame/Wario.

** The Queen of the Night is [[TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Urbosa]], and her ladies are now Gerudo warriors.

* CompositeCharacter: Sarastro Kong is the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong original arcade Donkey Kong]] with the appearance of modern DK (in the Mario continuity, both Kongs are separate characters, the latter being the former's grandson).

That's the concept for the Pop Opera Project's reimagined production of [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]]'s famous opera. ''[=SuperFlute=]'' retells the story of Tamino, Pamina, and Papageno in a completely new setting: the 8-bit land of the Mushroom Kingdom, where characters are portrayed by classic video game icons (Tamino is [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], Pamina is Zelda, Papageno is [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mario]], and so on).

** When Link tires of hearing Diddy and DK Junior explain the trials, he simply says "A" to skip over their dialogue.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the original libretto, Papageno and Monostatos are terrified the first time they meet each other, and they cowardly try to shoo the other away. Here, their Nintendo counterparts, Mario and Wario, see each other as ''rivals'' rather than terrors, and immediately try to roast one another with fireballs.

--->'''Papageno:''' I have-a mushroom friends, they're a-real ''fun guys''!" ''(cue LosingHorns)''

-->'''Papageno:''' I have-a mushroom friends, they're a-real ''fun guys''!" ''(cue LosingHorns)''