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August 28, 2006

Down-home Mozart

In Sunday afternoon's semi-staged production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at Bass Hall, the rustic bird catcher Papageno sports a Stetson for his first aria. Fishing rods with stuffed birds on the ends flutter around him, while the Three Ladies, wearing poodle skirts and colorful neck scarves, curiously look on. The lofty words Wisdom, Reason and Nature -- all in German -- share space onstage with

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Posted by Lorren at August 28, 2006 01:17 PM