The Magic Flute | Closed: 7 December 2013

The Magic Flute

Show Info Cast & Creative Age & Content Guide

Genre Opera/Dance

Venue

London Coliseum Get directions

First Performance 07/11/2013

Closing 07/12/2013

Running Time 3h

Mozart’s beloved magical fairy tale follows Prince Tamino and bird-catcher Papageno on an adventure to rescue Princess Pamina. On their journey they meet fantastical creatures and face unexpected trials and challenges. The opera is a lighthearted but profound examination of man’s search for love and his struggle to attain wisdom and virtue.

For this new production, Complicite’s artistic director Simon McBurney has investigated the circumstances, inspiration and dramatic language of the opera’s origins in order to reveal fresh layers of meaning in a production that offers a remarkable visual and physical response to Mozart’s theatrical genius.

Conducted by Gergely Madaras (ENO Charles Mackerras Fellow), The Magic Flute features ENO Harewood Artist Ben Johnson as Tamino, American soprano Devon Guthrie as Pamina, Roland Wood as the bird-catcher Papageno and James Creswell as Sarastro.

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Cast

Ben Johnson, Devon Guthrie, Roland Wood, Mary Bevan, James Creswell, Brian Galliford, Eleanor Dennis, Clare Presland, Rosie Aldridge

Creative

Director - Simon McBurney

Producer - Co-produced by ENO, De Nederlandse Opera and International Festival of Lyric Art, Aix-en-Provence.

Choreographer - Josie Daxter

Conductor - Gergely Madaras

Lighting Designer - Jean Kalman

Set Designer - Michael Levine

Sound - Gareth Fry

Author - W.A. Mozart

Translated By - Stephen Jeffreys

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