I enjoyed this. It was interesting to watch some extracts of the original opera on Youtube afterwards. Only the Neo version struck me as "fresh" and lively like this. I cannot understand German and was glad the singing was in English. It made it a lot easier to follow, although I'm very familiar with the music and listen to opera regularly. The story of the young people made it possible to link the plot to the lives ordinary people with ordinary feelings. It seemed less remote and the story less weird than in the original opera. It is true that the voices of this movie version lack strength when compared to a real operatic performance with professional singers. However, the comments about this presentation being able to bridge the gap and appeal to an audience of non-specialists or younger people is surely true. A bonus is that the move is visually attractive and Salzburg looked great, which brought back happy memories.
Review of The Magic Flute
