The Brooklyn Rail
Critical Perspectives on Art, Politics and Culture
The Brooklyn Rail Logo
Home
Issues
Events
Exhibitions
Art
ArtSeen
Critics Page
Field Notes
Dance
Books
Music
Fiction
Film
Theater
Poetry
Art Books
Architecture
1×1
Special Report
Dispatches
Railing Opinion
Art and Technology
Subscribe
Donate
Betty Leigh Hutcheson
February 2007
Music
Twenty-First Century Exoticism: Taymor Does the Magic Flute
By
Betty Leigh Hutcheson
What do dancing bears, birds on stilts, and neon lights have in common? They are features of Mozart’s
Die Zauberflöte
, directed by Julie Taymor, in the first new production by the Metropolitan Opera House in twenty years.
Dark mode: Off
Close
Home