Die Zauberflöte: “O zitt’re nicht, mein lieber Sohn”

Kathryn Lewek sings an excerpt from the Queen of the Night’s Act I aria in an early stage rehearsal. Production: Simon McBurney. Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. 2022–23 season. Videography by Neville Braithwaite.

[jjh]

Kathryn is THE QotN of the moment. She is spectacular in the role. However, I wish the Met would put her in some other operas and productions. QotN is a role in which a soprano can be pigeonholed.

[DianaBee]

Loved listening, wonderful, wouldn’t go and watch though.

[bronwenmills]

Just coming back from watching this at the cinema. I’ve never heard this sung so spectacularly. I cried.

[wotan]

Marvelously sung, but the Met gave up the magical Julie Taymor production for THIS??

[SilfredoSerrano]

I love her voice. It sounds big in the house.

[ryan.engstrom]

she sounds great but Met you are really letting us down with these productions like please hire a drag Queen or something to direct the next Magic Flute cuz y'all look busted af

[jrock]

Kathryn Lewek representing Connecticut yo

[Omgangen]

I loved the way how the stage director percevied the coloratura scales as a way of enchantment over Pamino, they sound like an actual spell !

[karldelavigne]

Another production trying to be different?

[nattie-k]

Despite on endless moaning on awful modern productions, I absolutely love this Queen! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

The Met costume shop ran out of money, talent and fabric for some of the costumes in this production. That must explain the underwear. Rather, they have been squandering resources on keeping their showboat MD all lit up like a Christmas-Tree-in-poor-taste.

[danafripp]

What in the world is this? The singing is great, but what's with the "thrift store-meets-gaming in your mother's basement-meets-bulk trash pickup day" art production?

[richardc]

Kathryn Lewek was an AMAZING Maria Stuarda in Edmonton. Exceptional voice and sublime musicality. A superb actress and a lovely person to boot. If you ever have a chance to hear her sing - DO NOT MISS THAT CHANCE.

[Fabluba]

Bravissima! Ma questo montaggio così moderno .... 🙄

[BellaFirenze]

Spectacular singing. Why does she look like Azucena? Why does she use a cane and wheelchair? Why is he in his underwear? In this escape from naturalism into absurd abstraction, McBurney has destroyed Mozart's opera. Ugh.

[danny.y.y.]

Met’s really going downhill with these modernized productions.

[jaydoggy]

I have to admit the poetic irony is lost with these costumes. What made the original scene so profound was that this supernatural, coloratura soprano star is giving the prince character his quest. In *every* opera till that point, that was the convention that was the expectation. Then when the story flips and we see her evil side, that was a deviation from the form. It inspired the audience to think differently. And this production I don't really see as all that inspiring. The voices and instruments sound absolutely fantastic. A friend of mine and I have been talking going to the Met again one day. This *was* on our list of possibilities, but I hate to say it I'm giving it a no vote now looking at this stage.

[lindaberron]

KathrynLewek está formidable, lo mejor, a pesar de la puesta en escena que desilusiona. ¡¡¡De mágica, no tiene nada esta falta!!!

[PeteBMan]

All sorts of no. From orchestra to staging, from cast to direction (not to mention zero musical taste or diction) - quite awful all around

[ИринаШаронова-тс]

То ли денег на костюмы нет, то ли что.. Но смотреть неприятно.