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A colorful but static Magic Flute in San Francisco

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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 20 October 2015
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
San Francisco Opera
Lawrence Foster, Conductor
Harry Silverstein, Director
Jun Kaneko, Set Designer
Sarah Shafer, Pamina
Kathryn Bowden, Queen of the Night
Paul Appleby, Tamino
Efraín Solís, Papageno
Alfred Reiter, Sarastro
Greg Fedderly, Monostatos
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