There's not much magic left in Kenneth Branagh's "The Magic Flute." Relocating the 1791 opera to WWI and adopting a hard-edged approach that worked for "Hamlet," Branagh has wrought a "Flute" for high ...

Whether crisis becomes catastrophe remains to be seen, but there couldn’t be a more emphatic portent of success, a better-timed metaphor, than this Magic Flute. Frankly a bit of a dud on its first ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It was a spat with legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan that launched the amazing career of James Galway, the most famous flutist of this generation, a true musical superstar.

Performances in N.Y.C. Julie Taymor’s abridged production of Mozart’s opera has been trimmed down to 90 minutes as the Metropolitan Opera bids to recruit a new generation. Credit... Supported by By ...

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If viewers can focus on its engaging young cast, vivid appearances by several international opera stars and well-executed melding of reality and fantasy, “The Magic Flute,” the latest film adaptation ...

The U.S. Constitution was all of 2½ years old when “The Magic Flute” premiered in September 1791. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s grand romantic adventure with supernatural overtones remains one of the ...

A young tenor enters a world enlivened by computer graphics at a school devoted to the composer’s works in this Roland Emmerich-inspired film. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...

The Magic Flute From madcap designer Gerald Scarfe's nifty stage-filling dragon that starts the action, to Mozart's audible sunshine that irradiates its final message -- that love conquers all -- the ...

On Simon McBurney’s production of Mozart’s opera at the Met. In a review, productions often have pride of place—this goes double, or triple, for new ones. Singing and playing are afterthoughts. With ...