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The Magic Flute: American nostalgia invoked in Chicago

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“Kathryn Lewek sang the Queen of the Night with a vocal force and clarity that could cut diamonds”
Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 10 December 2016
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Rory Macdonald, Conductor
Neil Armfield, Director
Dale Ferguson, Set Designer
Andrew Staples, Tamino
Christiane Karg, Pamina
Kathryn Lewek, Queen of the Night
Adam Plachetka, Papageno
Christof Fischesser, Sarastro
Ann Toomey, First Lady
Diana Newman, Papagena
Annie Rosen, Second Lady
Lauren Decker, Third Lady
Jesse Donner, First Armoured Man
Alec Carlson, First Priest
Rodell Rosel, Monostatos
David Govertsen, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)
Patrick Guetti, Second Armoured Man
Emmett O'Hanlon, Second Priest
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener
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