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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

DVD Review: Cuckoo Cocoon

The Zurich Zauberflöte moves the action to an asylum.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
Birdman of Zurich: Ruben Drole as Papageno
Image © 2008 by Hans Jörg Michel/Opernhaus Zürich
From the Zürich Opernhaus and music director Nikolaus Harnoncourt comes this new DVD performance of Mozart's Zauberflöte. Mr. Harnoncourt is an acclaimed conductor who built his reputation on performances with period instruments, and unusual textual decisions. However, this performance is on modern instruments, crisply played and note-complete.
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