Mozarts the Magic Flute Tickets

We attended with three generations of our family. Everyone came out smiling. We're all still singing today!

Oh how disappointing. The vocals were adequate but the acting was college level.

The Magic Flute was a very enjoyable performance by Opera Grand Rapids. The singing was all amazing. The costumes were mostly great. The Hubble photographs, however, were disappointing. They were low-resolution and superimposed with other scenery pictures like palm trees and temples. They did not change or move often. And the seats we were sold in the Loge were absolutely pitiful - could not see the "advertised" screen AT ALL. Moved at intermission to better seats, had no choice - the Hubble pictures were a huge part of the reason we bought pictures for our astronomy-loving 12 year old (at full price, oops, found out it was 1/2 price student night) and she could not see the pictures at all.

This being our first opera we do not have any thing to compare it to,that being said it was very enjoyable and suprisingly funny! The music was beautiful.The opera company did a lot to help first time attendees feel comfortable. We will be attending many more operas in the future. It was disturbing that several groups of people were seated after the preformance begain and some people behind us talked the entire time.

Our family was visiting from out of state. None of us had been to the Opera before and this was a great experience. The performance was simply delightful.

I have seen the Magic Flute at least five times. Aware that this performance was executed by students and a few professionals, my expectations were not high. But the quality of the singing, the orchestra (in spite of a hesitant beginning in the overture), and the the props were surprisingly outstanding. This was also the case of the acting were Papageno deserves special mention.

The Queen of the Night truly was magnificent, she hit those high F's with ease. All the voices were especially strong, including the students. The Student Taomina and Pamina were most impressive.

The University of Florida production of Mozart's Magic Flute at Phillips Performing Arts Center on April 7 was great. The singers, mostly students, did a fabulous job. Solos and ensemble pieces were done with a great deal of polish, and Maestro Chobaz had the orchestra in fine form. The high point of the evening -- literally -- was the famous Queen of the Night's aria "Der Hoelle Rache" with its challenging F6, masterfully sung by Hein Jung. (Some readers may remember the rendition in the film Amadeus.) The acting came across as very believable within the parameters of the plot, which is somewhat fantastical, and the humor was brought out superbly. The costumes and scenery were gorgeous and added immensely to the experience. The lyrics were sung in the original German, but the translation displayed unobtrusively on a screen over the stage enabled the audience to easily follow the action. The music? Maybe this isn't considered Mozart's finest opera (Don Giovanni is usually mentioned), but the music is wonderful. As of this writing there's one more performance, and if one hurries there's still a chance to catch it.

very good performance - interesting New Orleans added effects