title: The Magic Flute: An Opera by Mozart
author:  Kyra Teis 
description: PreSchool-Grade 3This adaptation of Mozart's famous opera is pitched toward a younger audience than Anne Gatti's version (Chronicle, 1997), illustrated with Peter Malone's stylized paintings. An introductory spread presents "the cast," a helpful tool given the similarities among some of the names. The story of the handsome prince who encounters the forbidding Queen of the Night and endures three tests of his mettle before winning the hand of the lovely Pamina is told in simple prose, peppered with dialogue and occasional sound effects. Children raised on Disney will be attracted to the bright palette and the abundance of purple and pink, although Teis's painted papers and collages offer much more texture and design interest than those animated antecedents. The artist's ethnically diverse characters enrich the telling as well: each of the three servants to the Queen is portrayed with a different skin tone and hair quality, and the wise Sarastro sports flowing, ivory dreadlocks. Gatti's longer, more detailed presentation includes musical excerpts on an accompanying CD. The delightful "Mozart's Magic Fantasy" CD in the "Classical Kids" series (Children's Group, 1995) employs a contemporary character to help young listeners appreciate the composer's tale and glorious music. All three items have something unique to offer. Teis concludes with a brief note about Mozart, her childhood experience with his music, and extension ideas.<i>Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: PHILIP HENSHER
  POWDER HER FACE
  AN OPERA IN TWO ACTS 
  AND EIGHT SCENES
  SET TO MUSIC BY 
  THOMAS ADÈS
  FABER MUSIC
  
  © 1995 by Philip Hensher
  Philip Hensher is hereby identified as the author 
  of this work in accordance with section 77 of the 
  Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988
  First published in 1995 by Faber Music Ltd 
  3 Queen Square London WC1N 3AU 
  Cover illustration: Old Man on a Swing, Among Demons by Goya 
  Printed in England by Halstan & Co Ltd 
  All rights reserved
  ISBNO571 516114
  Powder Her Face was commissioned by Almeida Opera 
  and first performed by Valdine Anderson, Roger Bryson, 
  Jill Gomez and Niall Morris with the Almeida Opera, conducted by 
  Brad Cohen and directed by David Farr, in the Everyman Theatre, 
  Cheltenham on 1 July 1995, as part of the 1995 Cheltenham Festival, 
  Further performances took place at the Almeida Theatre, London 
  on 5, 9,14, 17 and 22 July 1995
  2
  
  For Thomas Blaikie
  3
  
  CAST
  Duchess 
  Hotel Manager 
  Electrician 
  Maid
  4
  
  POWDER HER FACE
  (LAUGHTER-PRO