Title: Utter disappointment!
Product review: Utter disappointment! Second class singers (by own MET standards, with the exception of Pape as Zarastro), noisy and visually distracting production (although it has its moments of magic, impossible to avoid with any Magic Flute anyway...), public clapping after every single number (looks like we are in a circus presentation), and worse of all: a mutilated, harmonic disgruntled overture. OK, I agree that is interesting to produce an easy-to-listen-to opera to captivate new audiences, but why Mr. Levine has agreed to cut so drastically the overture is beyond my comphehension. One additional issue: for those who know this beloved opera by heart, listening to Tamino, Pamina and company speaking English seems quite disconcerting. In summ: if we had the complete (with due repetitions) overture I would give a second star. As it is, one star is still too much for the disappointment that this version brings to our ears, eyes and hearts.
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