Sometimes a flute is just a flute: Die Zauberflöte in Munich

By Laura Servidei, 08 February 2020

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“Everding lets Mozart and Schickaneder speak, and doesn’t try to speak for them, or over them”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 6 February 2020

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Bavarian State Opera

Asher Fisch, Conductor

August Everding, Director

Helmut Lehberger, Set Designer

Jürgen Rose, Costume Designer

Mika Kares, Sarastro

Pavol Breslik, Tamino

Kathryn Lewek, Queen of the Night

Olga Kulchynska, Pamina

Sean Michael Plumb, Papageno

Milan Siljanov, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)

Kiandra Howarth, First Lady

Samantha Hankey, Second Lady

Okka von der Damerau, Third Lady

Sarah Gilford, Papagena

Ulrich Reß, Monostatos

Wolfgang Grabow, First Priest

Scott MacAllister, Second Priest, First Armoured Man

Peter Lobert, Third Priest, Second Armoured Man

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

Sometimes a flute is just a flute: Everding’s classic production of Die Zauberflöte in Munich