Mozart's Magic Flute at Longborough

Por Charlotte Valori, 18 julio 2017

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“Director Thomas Guthrie has contributed plenty of energy and ideas to his vivid production”

Crítica hecha desde Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh el 15 julio 2017

Mozart, La flauta mágica (Die Zauberflöte)

Longborough Festival Opera

Anthony Negus, Dirección

Thomas Guthrie, Dirección de escena

Ruth Paton, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Julian Hubbard, Tamino

Beate Mordal, Pamina

Hannah Dahlenburg, Queen of the Night

Grant Doyle, Papageno

Jihoon Kim, Sarastro

Colin Judson, Monostatos

Katherine Crompton, First Lady

Sioned Gwen Davies, Second Lady

Carolyn Dobbin, Third Lady

Sarah Gilford, Papagena

Benjamin Bevan, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)

Emyr Wyn Jones, First Priest

Ryan Davies, Second Priest

Aaron O'Hare, Third Priest

Gabriel Seawright, First Armoured Man

Alexander Fritze, Second Armoured Man

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

Who pulls the strings? Mozart's Magic Flute at Longborough