Pretty much everyone on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York must audition — even the snake who will briefly take center stage in an upcoming adaptation of a Mozart classic. In charge of deciding who gets the s-s-s-s-starring reptilian role is Zoe Ziegfeld, a carnival performer-turned-opera actor cast as the snake handler in the Met’s
“Mozart Mozart,” an opulent glam rock-tinged vision of the genius and his maybe more talented sister backed by Europe’s biggest broadcaster, Germany’s ARD, has been sold by Beta Film and Bavaria Media across the world. In earliest licensing pacts, AMC Networks has closed Latin America, while Canal+ and SBS have secured deals for Austria and Australia.
