I just watched a clip from Opera Australia's version of this production and it's worse. Cut down pit orchestra? Keyboards at one point. I saw the lion king when it toured here and absolutely adored the production - I am so disappointed that the director and designers were not able to make this work in a way that enhances the magic of this singspiel without diminishing or trying to upstage Mozart's music. BTW - the English translation is abysmal.
I think this has just turned me off coming. The concept looked so fantastic in the brochure - love the idea of big puppets - so appropriate for The Magic Flute...but what's with the constant references to pop culture? Who's got the deficit model of the 'modern' or 'younger' audience here? Do we really have to have gaga bras on the birds? or baseball caps backward on Papageno? Soooo annoying.
I just watched a clip from Opera Australia's version of this production and it's worse. Cut down pit orchestra? Keyboards at one point. I saw the lion king when it toured here and absolutely adored the production - I am so disappointed that the director and designers were not able to make this work in a way that enhances the magic of this singspiel without diminishing or trying to upstage Mozart's music. BTW - the English translation is abysmal.
stefanielorimer 2 days ago
I think this has just turned me off coming. The concept looked so fantastic in the brochure - love the idea of big puppets - so appropriate for The Magic Flute...but what's with the constant references to pop culture? Who's got the deficit model of the 'modern' or 'younger' audience here? Do we really have to have gaga bras on the birds? or baseball caps backward on Papageno? Soooo annoying.
stefanielorimer 2 days ago