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18:00 | Opera Live HD: Magic Flute |
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Opera. USA 2017, 217 min. Conductor James Levine. Directed by Julie Taymor. Starring: Golda Shultz, Kathryn Lewek, Charles Castranovo, Marcus Weba, Christin van Horn, René Pape. Set designer – Geoge Tsypin. Costume designer – Julie Taymor. Lighting designer – Donald Holder. In German with Russian subtitles. Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length German version of Mozart’s magical fable, seen in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism. Die Zauberflöte—a sublime fairy tale that moves freely between earthy comedy and noble mysticism—was written for a theater located just outside Vienna with the clear intention of appealing to audiences from all walks of life. The libretto specifies Egypt as the location of the action. Egypt was traditionally regarded as the legendary birthplace of the Masonic fraternity, whose symbols and rituals populate this opera. Some productions include Egyptian motifs as an exotic nod to this idea, but many more opt for a more generalized mythic ambience to convey the otherworldliness that the score and overall tone of the work call for.
Rachmaninov Concert Hall (Philharmonia-2)  |
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