![]() ![]() Replacing the spoken German with English makes so much sense that one wonders why more directors don’t do it. ![]() This has been achieved not by cutting Mozart’s ever-delightful music, but by eliminating the spoken German dialogue and replacing it with the kind of descriptive statements one would find in a silent film. The first is brevity: the opera is about twenty minutes shorter, leading to a total run time of two hours and forty minutes. It has at least two major advantages, however. This revival production was co-produced by Los Angeles Opera and Minnesota Opera.įor audience members that remember Lyric’s most recent Magic Flute (2016-2017), this one is only slightly more grown-up, but just as family-friendly. Originally debuted by Komische Oper Berlin in 2012, the production has been enjoyed by audiences around the world for nearly a decade. ![]() This new-to-Chicago production of Mozart’s Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) is the most unique production this writer has seen in eight years of reviewing Lyric Opera! Revisionist, heavily animated and inspired by silent film, the production is more like the riskier fare one expects from Chicago Opera Theater. ![]()
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