'The Magic Flute' at The Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Magic Flute" will be on stage at The Metropolitan Opera House, New York.The libretto specifies Egypt as the location of the action, the country that was traditionally regarded as the legendary birthplace of the Masonic fraternity, whose symbols and rituals populate this opera. Some productions include Egyptian motifs as an exotic nod to this idea, but most opt for a more generalized myt…