As a tool for his journey, Tamino is given a magic flute to help him as he navigates trials. Miller said the opera features one of the hardest and most iconic opera roles ever written: the Queen of the Night. Willie Dykes, another Master of Music student, plays the role of Papageno, a lovable bird-catcher who serves as the opera’s comedic relief. In Liberty’s rendition of “The Magic Flute,” which Miller herself wrote, the show begins with an overture of children, and one child experiences bullying. To cope, the child and his mother read a story together — “The Magic Flute”— and the storyline morphs into the classic opera.