The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute (2017)

October. 14,2017

5.5

| Music

Julie Taymor’s kaleidoscopic production returns to select cinemas this holiday season in an encore presentation of the company’s first-ever Live in HD transmission that includes tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn, and bass René Pape in this abridged, English-language version of Mozart’s classic fable.

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Matthew Polenzani as Tamino

[2022] Verdi: Don Carlos [2021] Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 [2018] Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore [2017] The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo [2012] The Metropolitan Opera: L'Elisir d'Amore [2003] Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio

René Pape as Sarastro

[2021] The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunow [2021] Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov [2016] The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde [2014] Macbeth [2013] Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra [2010] Hunter's Bride

Charles Castronovo as

[2022] La Traviata - ROH [2020] Royal Opera All-Star Gala [2019] The ROH Live: La Traviata [2018] Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata [2012] Becoming Traviata

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Reviews

Moustroll

2017/10/14

Good movie but grossly overrated

Stevecorp

2017/10/15

Don't listen to the negative reviews

MoPoshy

2017/10/16

Absolutely brilliant

Deanna

2017/10/17

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.