It was a rare, if not unprecedented, moment Friday at the Metropolitan Opera's premiere of a spectacular staging of Mozart's "Die Zauberflote" (The Magic Flute). At evening's end, director-designer ...

This is perhaps the most popular opera in the world, and it is an all-round challenge for any company—vocally and technically. The libretto calls for impossibilities: an immense serpent, a volcano, a ...

Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute”) is often staged as a fun fairy tale, playing to its magical and ritual elements; the Metropolitan Opera’s colorful Julie Taymor production is a prime ...

Brenton Ryan as Monostatos, Olivia Vote as the Second Lady, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, Alexandria Shiner (behind) as the First Lady, and Tamara Mumford as the Third Lady. Karen Almond / ...

The opera "Die Zauberflote," otherwise known as "The Magic Flute," by Mozart, will turn into a family-friendly opera for the first time. The Seoul Arts Center (SAC) has a new production team for this ...

There are no particular weaknesses in this latest Covent Garden revival of David McVicar's dependable darkness-into-light Die Zauberflöte, first seen in 2003. But there is also only one truly ...

THIS is the sixth revival of David McVicar’s 2003 production of Mozart’s Magic Flute and it just seems to get better and better. McVicar is renowned for his gloriously dark productions and his style ...

Orpheus and his flute: Tamino (Joseph Kaiser) soothes the elements with his magical music Fortunately with John McFarlane’s designs and Paule Constable’s painterly lighting there was plenty to delight ...

The Metropolitan Opera will present a live transmission of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), one of Mozart’s most beloved operas, on Saturday, June 3, at 12:55PM ET. This critically acclaimed ...