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 ...

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 ...

What, at the start of the 21st century, are we to make of Die Zauberflöte? Mozart's fable, with its demands for truth, enlightenment and non-violence, has long been deemed a supreme humanitarian ...

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte is a great introduction into the world of opera for the uninitiated. The protagonist, Prince Tamino, is given a magic flute to help with rescuing Pamina, the daughter of the ...

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 / ...