Three Boys

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The Three Boys are a trio of guiding spirit-like youths in Mozart’s opera "The Magic Flute" who appear at key moments to advise and lead the protagonists toward wisdom and virtue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character group
opera character
supernatural being
advisesCharacter Pamina NERFINISHED
Papageno NERFINISHED
Tamino NERFINISHED
alignment forces of wisdom and virtue
appearsIn Die Zauberflöte NERFINISHED
The Magic Flute NERFINISHED
appearsInAct Act I
Act II
associatedTheme enlightenment
guidance
innocence
virtue
wisdom
associatedWith Pamina NERFINISHED
Papageno NERFINISHED
Tamino NERFINISHED
characterType spirit-like youths
creator Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
firstPerformancePlace Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceWork 30 September 1791
genre opera
guidesTo Sarastro’s realm
Temple of Wisdom NERFINISHED
hasPart First Boy
Second Boy
Third Boy
languageOfWork German
librettist Emanuel Schikaneder NERFINISHED
notableScene accompanying the final trials
guiding Tamino and Papageno on their journey
preventing Pamina’s suicide
operaType Singspiel
opposes Queen of the Night NERFINISHED
roleInWork advisers
guides
moral teachers
settingOfActivity mythic Egypt-like realm
supports Sarastro NERFINISHED
thematicRole agents of moral guidance
embodiment of enlightenment ideals
typicalPerformers boy sopranos
female sopranos
vocalType treble voices
workCentury 18th century

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The Magic Flute hasCharacter Three Boys