March 4, 2012
Manga Flute at West Edge Opera
Charming and original…
One of the great operas of all time, The Magic Flute was one of the last works that Mozart completed before his untimely death at the age of 35. Politically savvy, thoroughly modern and beguiling in 1791, the music remains as timeless as the human emotions it evokes. But the social milieu, despite being cloaked in myth, included assumptions that are now wincingly dated.
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