‘Magic Flute’ sells out
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, more than 4,500 Yalies and New Haven residents flocked to the Shubert Theater for an opera about the triumph of love over greed, darkness and the devious Queen of the Night.
This weekend, the Yale Opera and the Yale School of Music presented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” (Die Zauberflöte), sung in German with English dialogue in front of a packed Shubert Theater. The three performances were all sold out, though some students won tickets from their residential college raffles as late as Saturday afternoon.
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