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Die Zauberflöte at the Vienna Staatsoper a mixed bag

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 20 November 2013
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Vienna State Opera
Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Chen Reiss, Pamina
Moshe Leiser, Director
Olga Pudova, Queen of the Night
Benjamin Bruns, Tamino
Markus Werba, Papageno
Brindley Sherratt, Sarastro
Tragedy in the mirror: Minghella’s Madama Butterfly in Vienna
****1
Too much and too little: Jan Lauwers’ restless Clemenza in Vienna
***11
An Idomeneo shattered to pieces at the Wiener Staatsoper
**111
A holiday Bohème: Puccini, Zeffirelli and tradition in Vienna
***11
Stikhina, Tézier and Tetelman outstanding in classic Vienna Tosca
*****
Lise auf Naxos: Davidsen makes a triumphant return to Ariadne
****1
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