Mostly Mozart Festival - New York
29 March 2024

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Die Zauberflöte

Mostly Mozart Festival


No. of reviews: 10

At Mostly Mozart, a gimmicky ‘Magic Flute’ reduces a masterpiece to a cartoon
28 Jul 19 / New York Observer
Komische Oper Berlin’s dazzling, tech-savvy Magic Flute arrives in New York
24 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard
El festival Mostly Mozart refresca el verano de Nueva York con La Flauta Mágica – y alucinógena – de la Komische Oper
24 Jul 19 / Opera World (Spanish)
Suzanne Andrade and Barrie Kosky’s production is a wonder to behold
21 Jul 19 / OperaWire
Mostly Mozart's Magic Flute versus Teatro Nuovo's Straniera, ingenuity outdoes purism
21 Jul 19 / Broadway World
Gone like magic!
21 Jul 19 / ConcertoNet (English)
The Dramaturge of a bold new 1920s-Set ‘Magic Flute’ explains the enduring modernity of Mozart
21 Jul 19 / New York Observer
Louis Langrée draws a wonderfully supple, elegant and expressive reading of this brilliant and varied score
19 Jul 19 / Classical Source
Berlin wall
19 Jul 19 / parterre box
In ‘The Magic Flute,’ Mozart meets Nosferatu
19 Jul 19 / New York Times
Die Schöpfung

Mostly Mozart Festival


No. of reviews: 2

Huddled masses hitch a ride on Haydn’s Creation
28 Jul 18 / Classical Voice North America
A dazzling ‘Creation’ brings light to Lincoln Center
23 Jul 18 / New York Times
Mass

Mostly Mozart Festival


No. of reviews: 4

The full monty – Bernstein’s Mass at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival
23 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard
Call it mishmash or Mass, Mostly Mozart celebrates Bernstein centennial
20 Jul 18 / Broadway World
Bernstein’s Mass came across as messy, a hopelessly dated artifact of the Woodstock era
19 Jul 18 / Classical Source
‘Mass’ brings out the worst in Leonard Bernstein
19 Jul 18 / New York Times
Don Giovanni

Mostly Mozart Festival


No. of reviews: 5

Mostly Mozart's Don Giovanni goes back in time
30 Aug 17 / Broadway World
As good as it gets
23 Aug 17 / The Opera Critic
This is a sensational staging, an exemplar of the maxim ‘less is more’
22 Aug 17 / Classical Source
Riding through the gates of hell
21 Aug 17 / ConcertoNet (English)
It’s alive! A Don Giovanni where even the sets perform
19 Aug 17 / Vulture
Winterreise

Mostly Mozart Festival


No. of reviews: 1

It’s Die Winterreise, but reimagined and (up)staged
19 Aug 17 / Classical Voice North America
Idomeneo

Mostly Mozart Festival


No. of reviews: 6

Without glitz or controversial adaptations, a pair of semistaged performances shine at the Mostly Mozart Festival
26 Aug 16 / Wall Street Journal
An illuminating performance of Idomeneo at Lincoln Center
23 Aug 16 / Bachtrack
Jeremy Ovenden brought a light tone to much of his portrayal of the title character
22 Aug 16 / Classical Source
'Idomeneo' at Mostly Mozart Festival seeks converts
22 Aug 16 / Operavore | WQXR
Jacobs and a deep cast make eloquent case for “Idomeneo” at Mostly Mozart
22 Aug 16 / Classical Review
Who needs sets or fancy costumes for these Mozart operas?
22 Aug 16 / New York Times
Così fan tutte

Mostly Mozart Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Without glitz or controversial adaptations, a pair of semistaged performances shine at the Mostly Mozart Festival
26 Aug 16 / Wall Street Journal
Who needs sets or fancy costumes for these Mozart operas?
22 Aug 16 / New York Times
Couples are reunited in bracing 'Cosi fan tutte'
17 Aug 16 / Operavore | WQXR
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Lincoln Center announces cancelation of Mostly Mozart Festival
The festival, launched in 1966 as America’s first indoor summer music festival, was canceled along with Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors festival and its Midsummer Night Swing offerings.
10 Apr 2020 / Opera News