every eight or 10 years, and understandably—it’s a marketing slam dunk, and everyone goes to hear the coloratura sing the Queen of the Night’s badass aria, “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” ...

One of the most charming productions in Seattle Opera’s history will return to McCaw Hall this weekend: Mozart’s 1791 “The Magic Flute,” in the most magical version an audience could ever imagine.

Though not quite on a level with “Wicked” and “The Lion King,” the silent film inspired production of Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” as conceived by Barrie Kosky (intendant of the Komische Oper ...

What do a certain mustachioed Italian plumber, an ocarina-playing elf in a green tunic and a gorilla wearing a necktie have in common with the works of classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

Mozart wrote his first opera at 12, and went on to pen 22 in the course of his life This summer there’s a rare opportunity to see Mozart’s La finta giardiniera fully staged in a new Glyndebourne ...

At the beginning of Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute," we get a lot of information about what we're about to experience. One idea, in particular, is vitally ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook By Anthony Tommasini In a late scene of Mozart’s “Zauberflöte,” the hardy bird catcher Papageno, despairing that he may never have a ...

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 ...