Event

THE MAGIC FLUTE

The Balboa Theatre launches an exclusive series of European opera and ballet performances filmed live in HD, beginning with a week-long engagement starting Friday, April 15, of Mozart's The Magic Flute. This celebrated production by artist William Kentridge joyfully bursts onto the stage of Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Mr. Kentridge's production was described in the New York Times as "an exuberant dialogue between drawing and music, a three-dimensional work of art with video projected across and around the human figures onstage." A selection of drawings, films, and theater models inspired by Kentridge's 2005 production of The Magic Flute was a highlight of the enormously popular 2009 exhibition of his work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

April 15-21:
2pm and 7pm daily

3 hours with intermission.

www.BalboaMovies.com

General $20.00
Seniors, Students (with I.D.) and Children: $17.50

Discount Group Rates are available. If you are bringing a group of 10 or more, please contact us at 415-221-3117 or send an email to balboatheatre@gmail.com for instructions on how to redeem the discount.

Sorry, no passes or discount cards.

Presented in collaboration with Emerging Pictures' "Opera in Cinema." http://www.operaincinema.com/

For complete details and synopsis
http://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/opera-ballet/2010-2011/die-zauberfloete.html

New York Times review
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/arts/music/09flut.html

Brief video glimpses of the opera and animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpyLM4t_5U8