Posted AT 3:07 AM EDT on 20/11/06
A fanciful flute despite the men in tights
The Magic Flute Opera AtelierAt the Elgin TheatreIn Toronto on Friday Opera and operetta are two very different genres, and no one knew this better than Mozart who created prototypes of both which have never been surpassed. In operetta, the entertainment factor is paramount and this permits extravagances of effect which would do violence to the soberer tragedy or richer comedy of opera, in which music and the emotions it can convey are paramount.
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