Celebrated director Julie Taymor casts her spell on Mozart's The Magic Flute.

Encore: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 (check local listings)

Celebrated director Julie Taymor, who brought The Lion King to Broadway, casts her spell on Mozart's The Magic Flute . Dancing bears, flying birds, even a giant serpent are all brought vividly to life through Taymor's ingenious use of puppetry. This abridged version of Mozart's opera is sung in English by an attractive young cast that includes Nathan Gunn as Papageno, Erika Miklósa as Queen of the Night, René Pape as Sarastro, Ying Huang as Pamina, Matthew Polenzani as Tamino, Greg Fedderly as Monostatos and Jennifer Aylmer as Papagena, conducted by beloved maestro James Levine.