Reviews for The Magic Flute

The average rating for The Magic Flute based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-22 00:00:00 Damar b Amarapit Graphic novel adaptations are not really my thing, but the art in this is really lovely. It reminds me of the John R. Neill illustrations in the Oz series, with a curl and flow that makes the realms here magical - as is necessary in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Like all operas, the plot seems more than a little far-fetched, but it translates better as a comic than I expected, although the details are not quite perfect. The biggest downside of this adaptation is that this opera has so much iconic music, like the Queen of the Night aria. Opera may not have a very large fan base, but Die Zauberflöte is one of the most-performed operas today, more than two centuries after its composition. The impossibility to translate that music onto the page makes this a good introduction to the opera, but certainly not a substitute.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-04-12 00:00:00 Philip Tyran I have no idea what the $#@& was going on, but the pictures sure were purty! It felt like Mozart was trying to steal from Shakespeare and Siddhartha at the same time.