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Simon McBurney’s richly inventive Zauberflöte arrives at the Met
With a stellar cast and fine orchestral playing, Mozart’s enigmatic fairy tale takes on a darker, more grown-up tone in its first new Metropolitan Opera staging in 19 years.
Met’s family-friendly Magic Flute vanquishes the forces of darkness
New York City's Metropolitan Opera restages its shorter, family-friendly version of Mozart's The Magic Flute with great music and delightful visuals.
An uneven Turn of the Screw on a 19th-century Bronx estate
A disappointing decision to downplay the ghosts and uneven performances made for a difficult and distracting in situ staging of Britten's adaptation of the classic Henry James thriller.
Flute still mesmerizing at The Met
The musical experience was dominated by the imagery making spectators feel, at least at times, overwhelmed.
Ton américano-voltairien pour un optimisme musical : Candide au Théâtre du Capitole
Pour la production de ce Candide, le Capitole recevait un plateau et une équipe presque entièrement issus des milieux américains, faisant souffler dans l’enceinte du théâtre un vent de fraîcheur et de nouveauté.
Laurent Pelly's cautionary fairy-tale
After an absence of nearly a quarter-century, Humperdinck's evergreen returns to Seattle Opera in a winningly staged, musically sensitive production that looks beneath the fairy-tale surface.