Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute made its big-screen debut today, when it was transmitted live in high definition to movie theaters internationally. Taymor herself caught the show at the Walter Reade Theater, before racing across the street to take a bow on the Met stage during the curtain call. Here are some photos from the New York screening and from a cinema in the arctic circle, where a theaterful of Norwegians took in the performance. More details to come!

Director Julie Taymor in the Walter Reade Theater

The Walter Reade Theater Lobby

A New York City Audience for The Magic Flute

The exterior of a theater in the arctic circle that presented The Magic Flute

A Norwegian audience for the opera screening

Niels Windfeld Lund, manager of the World Opera in Norway.

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