Kenneth Branagh has directed a film of Mozart's The Magic Flute, Die Zauberflöte.
According to this article, he admits that he did not know much about opera, but that he claims he learnt some in the process. One thing you cannot learn is what it is like to have an experience of opera year after year and, perhaps, even remember it from when you were a kid. Branagh will not be able to relate to that kind of long time familiarity.
On the other hand, that is not a big problem. A lot of his filmgoing audience will not be able to relate to it either.
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