Barrie Kosky's The Magic Flute is a contemporary spectacle, despite the opera's outdated attitudes
- Written by Vivienne Glance, Hon Research Fellow in Poetry and Theatre studies, University of Western Australia
Review: The Magic Flute, Perth Festival 2019
As the overture ends, the red curtains at His Majesty’s Theatre rise to reveal a flat, white floor-to-ceiling wall. This suddenly transforms to show a young man being chased through a forest by a...