I know that McBurney’s busy, tricksy take on the mystical pantomime of Mozart’s sublime farewell to the stage did not win blanket approval first time round (not least from my colleague David Nice).

The sheer familiarity of The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera, can blind one to its inherent oddness. It draws on a range of influences, from ancient Egyptian symbolism and freemasonry to ...

Wagner College Opera will be presenting the beloved masterpiece The Magic Flute beginning this May. The production will be preented in English with updated dialogue. THE MAGIC FLUTE follows the ...

The Santa Fe Opera continues its 2026 Festival Season with a new production of The Magic Flute, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's beloved fairy-tale opera, opening July 4. Check out photos of the production.

Soprano Laura León rehearses her Queen of the Night role with her counterpart, Ricardo García, as Tamino in Florida Grand Opera’s production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” playing at the Arsht Center ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The first time Austrian theater and opera director Nikolaus Habjan heard “The Magic Flute,” at age 4, he was smitten, transfixed. He was a busy, restless child, but when he ...

Director Melanie Helton’s key to MSU Opera Theatre's production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is bold color. As she has studied the opera, Helton said she feels the opera’s themes of good and evil, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Opera Columbus in collaboration with The People's Circus has reinvented one of Mozart's most well-known operas for the 21st century. "'The Temple: A Magic Flute Experience' is a brand ...

One of opera’s most beloved works receives its first new Met staging in 19 years—a daring vision by renowned English director Simon McBurney that The Wall Street Journal declared “the best production ...

Mozart's "Magic Flute" has been a staple of opera since it first premiered in 1791. The story of Prince Tamino, Pamina and Papageno is well-loved, but a fresh take on a classic can be a welcome ...