Tuesday, June 04, 2024

San Francisco Opera, The Magic Flute

 

Amitai Pati as Tamino, Kwangchul Youn as Sarastro, Christina Gansch as Pamina, and Lauri Vasar as Papageno (below) in Mozart's "The Magic Flute."
Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

There's an awful lot going on visually in Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade's "silent movie" Magic Flute production. From moment to moment, it's attractive and entertaining, but ultimately it is just too much. There's no repose or grandeur on the stage, and those are both significant aspects of the opera. The singers are much too hemmed in by the demands of the production.

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