Steven White conducts a family-friendly holiday version of The Magic Flute. This English language production was created by Julie Taymor – Tony Award-winning director of Broadway’s The Lion King – and features colorful sets and puppets. The broadcast’s cast includes Michael Sumuel as Papageno, Rainelle Krause as Queen of the Night, Alexander Köpeczi as Sarastro, and more. Harold Wilson is the speaker and Paul Appleby is hero Tamino, to whom the titular magic flute is endowed.
Mozart’s The Magic Flute – Holiday Presentation
Joshua Hopkins as Papageno in a scene from Mozart's "The Magic Flute." Photo: (Marty Sohl courtesy of The Met Opera)
