Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington

Von Mark Pullinger, 01 Juni 2018

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“What does Sarastro’s realm represent? Who is telling the truth? What is truth?”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, am 31 Mai 2018

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte

Garsington Opera

Christian Curnyn, Musikalische Leitung

Netia Jones, Regie, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Louise Alder, Pamina

Benjamin Hulett, Tamino

Jonathan McGovern, Papageno

James Creswell, Sarastro

Sen Guo, Königin der Nacht

Katherine Crompton, Erste Dame

Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Zweite Dame

Katie Stevenson, Dritte Dame

Adrian Thompson, Monostatos

Richard Burkhard, Sprecher

Lara Marie Müller, Papagena

Adam Temple-Smith, Erster Priester

James Ioelu, Zweiter Priester

Aman de Silva, First Boy

Lucas Rebato, First Boy

Freddie Jemison, Second Boy

Kiran Patel, Second Boy

Oliver German, Third Boy

Dionysios Sevastakis, Third Boy

Stuart Thorn, Schauspiel

Garsington Opera Chorus

The Gascoigne Orchestra

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Peter Quantrill, 27th June

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****1

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Roy Westbrook, 13th June

Ruth Knight untangles Handel's Rodelinda, directing a new staging at Garsington which features a feast of fine singing.

****1

Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

Roy Westbrook, 29th May

Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing.

****1

Garsington’s L’elisir d’amore: Dr Feelgood wins the day

David Karlin, 28th May

Simon Higlett’s exquisite sets and costumes give a backdrop to Donizetti’s frothiest of rom-coms.

****1

Madcap comedy from Verdi: Un giorno di regno at Garsington

David Karlin, 29th June

Christopher Alden, Chris Hopkins and an excellent cast send us a comic roller coaster ride with Verdi’s ultra-rarely performed second opera.

*****

Garsington Opera's new A Midsummer Night's Dream

Roy Westbrook, 16th June

In the first and last acts, ladies entered with a train still attached to a bolt of cloth, which was then cut to length by an attendant. Was this production brought to the stage in a great hurry, allowing no time for costume fittings?

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.