Amazing Theater Events Part 2: Taymor at the Met

I would accept that the opera is too expensive. I would admit that the opera is about music, not the kind of fringe theatrical event this site is supposed to recommend. I have conceded that the opera is the realm of the weepy, not the transported- (even though I have never endured an opera dry-eyed)-
But that was before Julie Taymor decided to design Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] a new backbone.

Julie Taymor is one of the first designers to merit international fame as a single stage designer/ puppeteer/ mask-maker.

Her puppets explore creative and spatial grounds that make other artists feel psychologically quadriplegic (and Lord wasn't Christopher Reeve far too young to go?). Taymor's version of Titus was the first filmed version of Shakespeare to add a dimension his play, rather than Ken Brannagh-style heartless hollywoodisms. She revived Frida Kahlo's aesthetic in the recent film about her life, and she somehow elevated the lion king above Broadway and Disney.

Her full control of Die Zauberflotte's design is a rare event. Unmissable.

And then, there is Mozart, one of the most theatrical of the Operatic theogony.

Good enough? Not quite. Mark Dendy, noted broadway choreographer is on board too.

PRICE
Overpriced. Tix here.

WHEN
October 8, October 11, October 15, October 18, October 21, April 8, 2005, April 13, April 16, 2005, April 20,April 23/

WHERE
The Metropolitan Opera.


Need help with the German? Libretto; Symopsis; Wikipedia details here.

If you do not go, a recommended rent is Titus- but Go To The Theater.