This could be a fun thing to do with the kids during the Christmas holiday:

THE MAGIC FLUTE

Julie Taymor’s dazzling production has been abridged by the director into an appealing 100-minute version for The Met’s first holiday family opera presentation, with a new English text by J.D. McClatchy.
The Magic Flute features all the spectacular visual effects of Taymor’s original production, including flying birds, dancing bears and the magnificent star-shimmering Queen of the Night. The cast includes young Met stars Ying Huang as Princess Pamina and Nathan Gunn as Papageno, the birdcatcher. James Levine conducts.
Ticket prices range from $12 (Standing Room) to $125. Premium tickets, which include prime seating, a special photo opportunity with cast members and exclusive Magic Flute-themed merchandise, are $150 in the Orchestra and Grand Tier, and $175 in the Center Parterre.