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Stovepipe hats are back: Scottish Opera’s steampunk Magic Flute returns

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“Burkhard reprised his role in a splendid central crowd-pleading performance as a charming Papageno”
Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow on 4 May 2019
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Scottish Opera
Tobias Ringborg, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen, Director
Simon Higlett, Set Designer
Peter Gijsbertsen, Tamino
Gemma Summerfield, Pamina
Julia Sitkovetsky, Queen of the Night
Richard Burkhard, Papageno
James Creswell, Sarastro
Bethan Langford, Second Lady
Sioned Gwen Davies, Third Lady
Sofia Troncoso, Papagena
Adrian Thompson, Monostatos
Jeni Bern, First Lady
Tyler Clarke, First Armoured Man
Dingle Yandell, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)
Sion Goronwy, Second Armoured Man
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Susannah Wapshott, Choirmaster / chorus director
Mark Jonathan, Lighting Designer
East meets West in Dai Fujikura’s The Great Wave at Scottish Opera
***11
Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival
****1
Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill
****1
Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia
****1
The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time
****1
Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning
****1
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