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New York City.(North America)(Die Zauberflote)(Opera Review)
The Metropolitan Opera turned a brave new corner on October 8 with the first performance of Julie Taymor's company-debut production of Mozart's Die Zauberflote. Not since the late John Dexter invaded the house thirty-one years ago had the Met been given such a jolting but enlivening theatrical shake-up. Central to the new bravery is that, while Dexter at his best stripped the stage down to a powerful economy of decor and action, Taymor's direction and design (or codesign) of films, musical plays, Shakespeare, other classic drama and operas has consistently proclaimed that more is exuberantly more. Hers is a theater where walls dance and puppeteered birds, beasts and people ...
- Die Zauberflote.(Opera Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Hofler, Robert October 11, 2004 700+ words
...George Tsypin; costumes, Taymor; lighting, Donald Holder; puppet design, Taymor and Michael Curry; Opened...staging of Mozart's "Die Zauberflote" (The Magic Flute...director-designer Julie Taymor took a solo curtain-call...
- New York City Opera's new production of Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) to be...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 5, 1987 700+ words
...YORK CITY OPERA'S NEW PRODUCTION OF DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (THE MAGIC FLUTE) TO BE SEEN ON...York City Opera's new production of Die Zauberflote (the Magic Flute), Mozart's comical...Director Sergiu Comissiona, the cast for Die Zauberflote will include Faith Esham as Pamina...
- DIE ZAUBERFLOTE.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada May 1, 2006 700+ words
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE Mozart Deutsche Grammophon 00289 477 5789 (2 CDs) Although Claudio...operas of Mozart. Amazingly, he was 72 before he first conducted Die Zauberflote. Given that he has been conducting since 1960, one might assume...
- Mozart: Die Zauberflote
- Magazine article from: Opera News Freeman, John W June 1, 1996 700+ words
MOZART: Die Zauberflote Mannion, Dessay, Kitchen; Blochwitz, Scharinger, Hagen...singspiel as a kind of prologue to Parsifal, we tend to forget that Die Zauberflote was written as a musical comedy for a small theater. Reverting...
- Opera Atelier. (Opera in Review).(Die Zauberflote)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Littler, William March 22, 2002 700+ words
...Opera Atelier's landmark 1991 staging of Mozart's Die Zauberflote took the fledgling company's name far from its home base...through a megaphone to a political rally. Few productions of Die Zauberflote succeed in striking an effective balance between the opera...
- Die Zauberflote. (Opera in Review).
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Hiparsons, Charley December 22, 2001 700+ words
A collective smile, great outbursts of laughter, and hearty applause greeted Cincinnati Opera's production of Die Zauberflote. The brilliantly colorful, childlike designs of Maurice Sendak provided a showcase for David Gately's fast-paced...
- Die Zauberflote. (CDs).
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada MacMillan, Rick June 22, 2002 700+ words
...John Pritchard and, in this case, Karl Bohm. Amazingly, he actually sang Tamino in the belated Canadian premiere of Die Zauberflote as recently as 1945. As the first character we meet in this opera, he makes a strong impression in this competitively...
- Die Zauberflote.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Citron, Paula March 1, 2006 700+ words
Mozart's Die Zauberflote is perfect for young voices, and the new production mounted for the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio was a sold-out winner...