Fathom Events and The Metropolitan Opera's 2022-23 Live in HD season concludes with live transmission of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" ("The Magic Flute") to cinemas nationwide on Saturday, June 3, 12:55PM ET
DENVER, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fathom Event presents a live transmission of The Metropolitan Opera's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), one of Mozart's most beloved operas, on Saturday, June 3, at 12:55PM ET. This critically acclaimed production, marking the Met's first new staging of the work in 19 years, is by renowned English actor and director Simon McBurney in his first collaboration with the company. McBurney's "dazzling new production gets metatheatrical" (Financial Times), taking an inventive approach to Mozart's operatic fable with a magical display of theatrical improvisation including live projections by visual/video artist Blake Habermann and live sound effects from Foley artist Ruth Sullivan, as well as aerial stunts, physical comedy, and acrobatics.
- Fathom Events will also present encores of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) on Wednesday, June 7, at 1:00PM and 6:30PM, local time.
- Tickets for Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) are on sale through the Fathom Events website and participating theater box offices.
- Gary Halvorson will direct the Live in HD presentation for cinemas, and tenor Ben Bliss will host the transmission, sharing exclusive behind-the-scenes content and interviews during the intermission.
- In director Simon McBurney's Met debut, Mozart's opera receives clever twists, along with first-rate singing … An excellent cast … Fun, wonderment and humanity."