Crazy extremes
Simon McBurney’s Die Zauberflöte, the second new production of the Met’s May Mozart Miracle, opened on Friday to rousing near-unanimous cheers.
24 pieces since 2015 — in 16 roles, at 9 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Monostatos — stats above show all coverage for Brenton Ryan.
View allSimon McBurney’s Die Zauberflöte, the second new production of the Met’s May Mozart Miracle, opened on Friday to rousing near-unanimous cheers.
There is sensory overload, and very little humanity.
Heretofore I’d avoided the Met’s abridged, English-language holiday presentations.
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