Shanghai takes classic opera into new space
By Zhang Kun in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2018-09-04 07:34
In a new production of the opera Magic Flute, prince Tamino is a young Westerner in Shanghai on a quest to rescue princess Pamina.
In the show, he and his friend Papageno then check out women's selfies on a dating app, take a ride on the subway train, and strike kung fu poses when engaged in a fight.
The opera, jointly produced by Staatsoper Hamburg and Shanghai Grand Theatre, had two shows over Aug 25-26 in a giant tent in front of the Shanghai Grand Theatre, to mark the opening of SGT's new season of performances.
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