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Simon McBurney's ingenious Magic Flute for English National Opera

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 7 November 2013
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Gergely Madaras, Conductor
Simon McBurney, Director
Michael Levine, Set Designer
Ben Johnson, Tamino
Devon Guthrie, Pamina
Cornelia Götz, Queen of the Night
Roland Wood, Papageno
Mary Bevan, Papagena
James Creswell, Sarastro
Brian Galliford, Monostatos
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*****
Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO
****1
Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO
****1
Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
*****
Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella
**111
ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance
****1
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