Simon McBurney thought operas were obscure, wooden and pointless. So what made him agree to direct The Magic Flute? Stuart Jeffries finds outSimon McBurney has a wild glint in his eye as he talks about his new version of The Magic Flute for the English National Opera. "This is not something ossified by 200 years of productions," he says during a break from rehearsals at London's Coliseum, a baseball cap p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PM on November 4, 2013