Monday, January 01, 2007
Metropolitan Opera LIVE: The Magic Flute
On Saturday, December 30th, we saw the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee at the Lincoln Center (The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) satellited live at the local movie theatre. The theatre was sold out.
The performance was broadcast straight from the stage of one of the world's greatest opera houses into a movie theatre equipped with high definition screen and surround sound. Again, this was a live broadcast. The Met will be doing five more live broadcasts this season.
Celebrated director Julie Taymor, who brought The Lion King to Broadway, casted her spell on Mozart's The Magic Flute. Dancing bears, flying birds, even a giant serpent were brought vividly to life thru Taymor's ingenious use of puppetry. The opera was sung in English and conducted by James Levine.
The audience stayed to applaud the show until the screen went dark. It was a great performance.
::Shelley
The performance was broadcast straight from the stage of one of the world's greatest opera houses into a movie theatre equipped with high definition screen and surround sound. Again, this was a live broadcast. The Met will be doing five more live broadcasts this season.
Celebrated director Julie Taymor, who brought The Lion King to Broadway, casted her spell on Mozart's The Magic Flute. Dancing bears, flying birds, even a giant serpent were brought vividly to life thru Taymor's ingenious use of puppetry. The opera was sung in English and conducted by James Levine.
The audience stayed to applaud the show until the screen went dark. It was a great performance.
::Shelley
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