Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington

Par Mark Pullinger, 01 juin 2018

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

Critique faite à Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, le 31 mai 2018

Mozart, La Flûte enchantée (Die Zauberflöte)

Garsington Opera

Christian Curnyn, Direction

Netia Jones, Mise en scène, Décors, Costumes

Louise Alder, Pamina

Benjamin Hulett, Tamino

Jonathan McGovern, Papageno

James Creswell, Sarastro

Sen Guo, Reine de la nuit

Katherine Crompton, Première Dame

Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Deuxième Dame

Katie Stevenson, Troisième Dame

Adrian Thompson, Monostatos

Richard Burkhard, L'Orateur (Der Sprecher)

Lara Marie Müller, Papagena

Adam Temple-Smith, Premier Prêtre

James Ioelu, Deuxième Prêtre

Aman de Silva, Premier garçon

Lucas Rebato, Premier garçon

Freddie Jemison, Deuxième garçon

Kiran Patel, Deuxième garçon

Oliver German, Troisième garçon

Dionysios Sevastakis, Troisième garçon

Stuart Thorn, Comédien

Garsington Opera Chorus

The Gascoigne Orchestra

A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington

Peter Quantrill, 27th June

Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.

****1

Ravishing Rodelinda: Handel al fresco at Garsington Opera

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.