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A fetching, inventive Magic Flute – with a dark side – from Opera North

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“Gavan Ring’s hilarious Papageno, the ultimate scene-stealer”
Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 19 January 2019
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Robert Howarth, Conductor
James Brining, Director
Colin Richmond, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Kang Wang, Tamino
Vuvu Mpofu, Pamina
Samantha Hay, Queen of the Night
Gavan Ring, Papageno
John Savournin, Sarastro
John Findon, Monostatos
Lorna James, First Lady
Amy Freston, Papagena
Helen Évora, Second Lady
Amy J Payne, Third Lady
Dean Robinson, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)
Orchestra of Opera North
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