Colin Ainsworth with Carla Huhtanen, Danielle Macmillan and Laura Pudwell in The Magic Flute | Photo by Bruce Zinger

I don’t love this opera. Within the Classical canon, Mozart in general doesn’t thrill me, though the score is lovely enough and certainly fits the giddy charms of this whole affair. Opera Atelier’s acclaimed period production of The Magic Flute, under Marshall Pynkoski’s consistently lavish direction, is a multi-sensory feast. This production is presented in English with a translation of Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto by Andrew Porter that is both poetic and suitably light-hearted. Continue Reading