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Tag Archives: Die Zauberflöte
Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte **** Garsington Opera, 31st May 2018 “Square your actions and circumscribe your desires.” Across the façade of a great house, the square and compass – symbols of Freemasonry – are projected as brothers busily work at architectural … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Thompson, Benjamin Hulett, Christian Curnyn, Die Zauberflöte, Garsington Opera, James Creswell, Jonathan McGovern, Katherine Crompton, Katie Stevenson, Lara Marie Müller, Louise Alder, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mozart, Netia Jones, Richard Burkhard, Sen Guo
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Roderick Williams’ charming birdcatcher leads a spirited revival of The Magic Flute at Covent Garden
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte **** The Royal Opera, 14th September 2017 What do you seek from The Magic Flute? Truth? Enlightenment? Birdcatcher Papageno confesses he’s not really looking for wisdom. Sleep, food, drink – and possibly a wife – is all he’s … Continue reading
Strongly cast revival of McVicar’s Enlightenment production of Die Zauberflöte at Covent Garden
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte **** Royal Opera, 23rd February 2015 Two key ingredients are required for a successful operatic revival: a production of sufficient interest to withstand repeated viewing and a strong cast to make it come alive. With its latest … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Siminska, Colin Judson, Cornelius Meister, David McVicar, Die Zauberflöte, Georg Zeppenfeld, Janai Brugger, Markus Werba, Mozart, Rhian Lois, Royal Opera, Toby Spence
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ENO’s new Magic Flute mixes high-tech with simple stagecraft
Mozart: The Magic Flute **** English National Opera, 7th November 2013 For all the risk-taking in the operatic world, productions which are guaranteed bums-on-seats bankers are like Nibelung gold. To scrap not one but two such productions is a brave … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Johnson, Brian Galliford, Clare Presland, Complicite, Cornelia Götz, Devon Guthrie, Die Zauberflöte, Eleanor Dennis, English National Opera, Finn Ross, Gareth Fry, Gergely Madaras, James Creswell, Mary Bevan, Michael Levine, Roland Wood, Rosie Aldridge, Simon McBurney, Steven Page
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Queen of the Night thrown to the lions in Rome
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte *** Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, 27th March 2012 Here was Rome at its gladiatorial worst. In Britain – or should that be just London – the only booing you’re likely to hear will be aimed at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Dooner, David McVicar, Detlef Roth, Die Zauberflöte, Erik Nielsen, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Hulkar Sabirova, John Macfarlane, Juan Francisco Gatell, Kurt Azesberger, Leah Housman, Markus Werba, Nadezda Karyazina, Opera di Roma, Paule Constable, Peter Lobert, Romina Tomasoni, Sarah-Jane Brandon, Sibylla Duffe
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