Director Simon McBurney discusses the history of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and the details of his innovative production, which features Foley Artist Ruth Sullivan and Visual Artist Blake Habermann. 2022–23 season.
excellent production! really leaned into the humor. Found laughs in almost every moment, including roping in the audience (or jumping into the audience!), roping in the orchestra, and having all those performance artists on stage -- not just foley and the chalk art, but also all those folks with the paper birds. Wonderful!
And that QUEEN OF THE NIGHT! What a performance! Singing while mimicking a bad limp and rolling herself around in a wheelchair. Astounding!
Also. Shout out to the man who played Monostatos. So slimy and slick. And so wonderfully performed!
smartmagis
One of the most delightful operas I have ever seen, superbly sung. Loved seeing Ruth Sullivan creating the sound effects from one side of the stage.
suzannestultz
Totally adored this production - was a little apprehensive seeing the rehearsals but was won over immediately - and the singers! The music! Divine experience. Brilliant ❤Thank you.
beebenton
Loved the Live in HD experience on 6/3, and I'm so excited this feature is already available on YouTube. I'm looking forward to revisiting the production when it hits the Met's streaming service.
jenniferwatson
I ****LOVE**** the sfx in this production!
Karen
Having seen the Chagall, Montresor, Hockney, and Taymor FLUTEs, I expected to hate this one...ended up loving it!
oberon
Just saw it tonight. Wonderful singing. Wonderful playing. Stupid production. The projections of writing in chalk: stupid. Papageno peeing in a bottle: tasteless. The Queen of the Night in a wheel chair? Bleh.The Queen joining Sarastro and his gang in celebration at the end of the opera? Huh? And I wanted to grab the step ladder that Papageno carries for the entire opera and smash it to bits. Bring back the Julie Taymor version.
Muttonchop_USA
Very good production, very well singing.
juliogonzalezcampayo
La flauta dejó de ser mágica, qué estupidez de representación, reina el ingenio de la decadencia, afortunadamente las voces y la orquesta estuvieron fantásticas.
Lamento muchísimo que estas innovaciones tan ordinarias terminen siendo un gran espectáculo
