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Die Zauberflöte de Carsen : un onirisme noir servi par une distribution lumineuse

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“Une distribution aussi prestigieuse que parfaitement équilibrée.”
Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 23 January 2017
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Henrik Nánási, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Director
Michael Levine, Set Designer
Petra Reinhardt, Costume Designer
Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Tamino
Nadine Sierra, Pamina
Albina Shagimuratova, Queen of the Night
Michael Volle, Papageno
René Pape, Sarastro
Gabriela Scherer, First Lady
Annika Schlicht, Second Lady
Nadine Weissmann, Third Lady
Christina Gansch, Papagena
Martin Homrich, First Armoured Man
Sebastian Pilgrim, First Priest
Andreas Conrad, Monostatos
José Van Dam, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)
Luke Stoker, Second Armoured Man
Paul Kaufmann, Second Priest
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