Before seeing the Met's new production of Johann Strauss Jr.'s DIE FLEDERMAUS, directed by Jeremy Sams, on Saturday night, I listened to the afternoon's live broadcast of Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE. Both were written in German and performed in English to make them more palatable to their target audiences Broadway musical lovers and young opera-goers-in-training, respectively. But, while the Mozart had its guts cut awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38PM on January 8, 2014