The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte

October. 14,2017      
Rating:
8.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts Tony Award winner Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s masterpiece, Die Zauberflöte. Golda Schultz makes her Met debut as Pamina with Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night. The holiday presentation of The Magic Flute, an abridged staging sung in English for families, was the first Live in HD performance to be transmitted. This is the first time the full-length German opera will be seen in the series.

Charles Castronovo as  Tamino
René Pape as  Sarastro

Reviews

VeteranLight
2017/10/14

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Taraparain
2017/10/15

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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BeSummers
2017/10/16

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

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Lela
2017/10/17

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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