| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2012 Prinzregententheater | Mozart's Mitridate in Munich through a child's eyes |
Mozart wrote the opera seria Mitridate at the age of fifteen. The Bayerische Staatsoper’s clever and strangely beautiful production positions it as the work of a child, full of rebellious teenagers and projected scenery seemingly drawn from a primary school art class. But unfortunately even excellent singing and much directorial invention cannot disguise that this is a rather bland opera, and its four hours pass slowly.
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