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Fun-filled Magic Flute from ETO in Hackney

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Reviewed at Hackney Empire, London on 7 March 2014
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) (Sung in English)
Michael Rosewell, Conductor
Liam Steel, Director
Chloe Lamford, Set Designer
Anna Patalong, Pamina
Samantha Hay, Queen of the Night
Ashley Catling, Tamino
Wyn Pencarreg, Papageno
Andrew Slater, Sarastro
Camilla Roberts, First Lady
Amy J Payne, Second Lady
Helen Julie Johnson, Third Lady
Stuart Haycock, Monostatos
Johnny Herford, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)
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