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Graham Vick's new Magic Flute opens the Macerata Opera Festival

By James Imam, 23 July 2018
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“Vick's is a generalised representation of the power of politics, business and religion”
Reviewed at Arena Sferisterio, Macerata on 20 July 2018
Programme
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Performers
Daniel Cohen, Conductor
Graham Vick, Director
Stuart Nunn, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Giovanni Sala, Tamino
Valentina Mastrangelo, Pamina
Tetiana Zhuravel, Queen of the Night
Guido Loconsolo, Papageno
Antonio Di Matteo, Sarastro
Lucrezia Drei, First Lady
Eleonora Cilli, Second Lady
Adriana di Paola, Third Lady
Marcell Bakonyi, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)
Paola Leoci, Papagena
Manuel Pierattelli, Monostatos
Orchestra Regionale delle Marche
Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini"
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James Imam
James Imam
James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.