As the houselights dim at the Metropolitan Opera, the Julie Taymor–directed The Magic Flute transports viewers into a buoyant and kaleidoscopic fairy-tale dreamworld. This abridged, English-language ...

This is the time of the year for familiar comforts, and at the Metropolitan Opera that means the holiday version of Mozart’s ...

If you’re very lucky and all the planets are spinning in their correct alignments, when the theater lights go down and the curtain slowly rises, you just might experience magic — a rare occurrence ...

Whether crisis becomes catastrophe remains to be seen, but there couldn’t be a more emphatic portent of success, a better-timed metaphor, than this Magic Flute. Frankly a bit of a dud on its first ...

“The Magic Flute” was composed by Mozart in 1791. It is the story of Tamino, a handsome prince, who is on a quest to rescue his love, Pamina. After many tests and debacles endured by the prince and ...

21:10, Fri, Mar 1, 2024 Updated: 14:10, Sat, Mar 2, 2024 There are essentially three types of opera director: those who stick as faithfully as possible to the original composer's and librettist's ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The December 10 and 18, 2021, performances of The Magic Flute will be ...

Eight years ago, the Metropolitan Opera had a hit with director Julie Taymor’s now famous production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” thrusting opera into the age of Cirque du Soleil. Now San Francisco ...

Experience a season of heart-stopping, entertaining and spectacular opera this spring with English National Opera. Join us at the beautiful London Coliseum, where ENO performs some of the world's most ...

Turning late 18th-century humour into 21st-century humour is always a challenge. The nature of humour and what is permissible has moved on over the centuries and what the audiences found funny and ...