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Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

Emyr Wyn Jones (Papageno)
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Anna Dennis (Queen of the Night)
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Hector Wainman, Isabelle Baglio and Isla Jones with Claire Lees (Pamina)
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Katie Sharpe, Hazel Croft, Charlie Drummond (Three Ladies) and Egor Zhuravskii (Tamino)
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“should appeal to children and young people like nothing else in the repertoire”
Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 27 September 2024
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) (Sung in English)
Christoph Koncz, Conductor
James Brining, Director
Colin Richmond, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Chris Davey, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of Opera North
Chorus of Opera North
Douglas O'Connell, Video
Claire Lees, Pamina
Egor Zhuravskii, Tamino
Anna Dennis, Queen of the Night
Emyr Wyn Jones, Papageno
Msimelelo Mbali, Sarastro
Pasquale Orchard, Papagena
Colin Judson, Monostatos
Andri Björn Róbertsson, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)
Charlie Drummond, First Lady
Kathryn Sharpe, Second Lady
Hazel Croft, Third Lady
Satriya Krisna, First Armoured Man
Richard Mosley-Evans, Second Armoured Man
Tom Smith, First Priest
Paul Gibson, Second Priest
Tim Claydon, Choreography
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