Festival theatre, EdinburghThe Magic Flute as a silent film works like a manic dream in Barrie Kosky and theatre company 1927's visually stunning productionThe Magic Flute has always stood apart. Mozart and his librettist Emanuel Schikaneder wanted the work to have a vaudeville anarchy, a knock-about humour spliced with magic, enlightenment, wisdom and more than a little cruelty. It's a tough call for a modern direct…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AM on August 30, 2015