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A Note on Opera: Mozart’s -?Die ZauberflÃ?te”??

Sunday August 9, 2015 08:00 PM EDT
Cost: $10-$20

From the venue:

Throughout his short life, Mozart strove to create “German” opera, something that would stand alongside the existing traditions of French and Italian opera. But to do so, he started with what already existed in German musical theatre, the “Singspiel.” Composed and premiered in the last year of his life, “Die Zauberflöte” elevates the vaudeville of “Singspiel” into the sublime.
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