MOZART'S MAGIC FLUTE, that innocently expansive, made-up fairy tale cut with slices of Masonic mysticism, is probably the most durable of all great operas: you could mount it in a barn or a ...

THE MAGIC FLUTE, an opera by Mozart with spoken dialog ... And, it’s technically not an opera, but a “singspiel” (German for “sing – speak”) with the dialog spoken, making it very ...

In Mozart and Schikaneder’s singspiel, women lurk in the dark ... shapely phrases as the living embodiment of Tamino’s magic flute. Bryan Wagorn ran onstage “late,” a cup of coffee ...

Many musical historians feel “The Magic Flute” is the precursor to the modern Broadway musical. It was written in singspiel style, meaning there is a lot of humor and both dialogue and songs ...

While most operas proceed with music throughout, “Zauberflöte” belongs to a genre called Singspiel ... Americans frequently call it “Magic Flute.” But for much of the 20th century ...

Set against a backdrop of whimsical adventure and philosophical undertones, “The Magic Flute” tells the story of Prince Tamino, who is rescued from a fearsome beast by three mysterious ladies serving ...