Ordinarily, as a critic, I would not interview an opera director. I like my reviews to be based on the same visual, aural and written information that every audience member has access to.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If viewers can focus on its engaging young cast, vivid appearances by several international opera stars and well-executed melding ...

Ulrich Lenz, dramaturge of Mostly Mozart's bold new adaptation of 'The Magic Flute,' explains why they gave the opera a silent film-style update. Rodion Pogossov as Papageno and Maureen McKay as ...

Margarida Bastos is a native Portuguese writer with an avid interest in gaming, anime, theatre, books, film and TV. Essentially, everything that has to do with the multifaceted nature and fascinating ...

In his lifetime, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s legendary two-act opera The Magic Flute was a pro-Enlightenment success, which brought its creator a measure of happiness before he passed away mere months ...

Will is a freelance writer who has been seen in a variety of print and online publications. See you at the movies. Admittedly, it's not every day that the names Roland Emmerich and Wolfgang Amadeus ...

On Simon McBurney’s production of Mozart’s opera at the Met. In a review, productions often have pride of place—this goes double, or triple, for new ones. Singing and playing are afterthoughts. With ...

Daisy Evans’ psychedelic and frantic modern reworking dodges the original’s problems, but loses much of Mozart’s magic and energy in the process – and the flute itself Mozart and Schikaneder’s mix of ...

Soprano Laura León rehearses her Queen of the Night role with her counterpart, Ricardo García, as Tamino in Florida Grand Opera’s production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” playing at the Arsht Center ...