Click to see images from “The Magic Flute,” on stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from L.A. Opera.
Jeni Houser is the Queen of the Night and Bogdan Volkov is Tamino in Barrie Kosky’s fanciful, silent-movie-era production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” presented by L.A. Opera. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Zuzana Marková is Pamina and Theo Hoffman is Papageno in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Bogdan Volkov as Tamino (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Theo Hoffman is Papageno and Zuzana Marková is Pamina in Barrie Kosky’s silent-movie-era production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
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Zuzana Marková is Pamina and Frederick Ballentine is Monostatos in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” presented by L.A. Opera. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Theo Hoffman, left, is Papageno, Zuzana Marková is Pamina and Frederick Ballentine is Monostatos in Barrie Kosky’s staging of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Bogdan Volkov as Tamino (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, left, as Sarastro and Frederick Ballentine as Monostatos in Barrie Kosky’s silent-movie-era production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Francine Orr was a staff photojournalist for the Los Angeles Times from 2000-24. She is currently a Knight fellow at the Graduate School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. Previously, she was a staff photographer at the Kansas City Star. Orr served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. While there, she learned how to be a quiet observer and gained a love for stories. She was raised in Colorado and earned bachelor’s degrees in both history and art from the University of Saint Mary. In 2022, Orr received the coveted Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma and the National Headliner Award. She also won the 2020 Meyer “Mike” Berger and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature photography in 2012.
