The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote)

Synopsis/Company

Bizarre and spellbinding. The Magic Flute features two love stories, a serpent, a Queen, a High Priest and a comedian, whose intrigues unfold to the beauty of Mozart's most popular opera score and Schikaneder's witty dialogue Using Hesketh-Harvey's translations of the arias, recently performed by Scottish Opera, Merry Opera's production provides a new setting and new spoken dialogue, by Kit Hesketh-Harvey. Part-pantomime, part-opera, this new production re-lives The Magic Flute's triumphant opening night in 1791. Mozart's fevered imagination creates a magical world for a cast of lofty divas and low comedians, as the shadowy forces of Freemasonry oversee events, and Mozart himself believes he is being poisoned...


Performers Nicholas Allen (cello), Neil McTaggart (violin), Elise Bergersen (viola), Mark Chivers (viola), Niall Webb (woodwind), Stephen Hose (piano), Fleur de Bray (Queen of the Night), Daisy Brown (Pamina), Dario Dugandzic (Papageno), Kristin Finnigan (Third Lady), Thomas Faulkner (Sarastro), James Harrison (Papageno), Elisabeth Marshall (Queen of the Night), Lawrence Olsworth-Peter (Tamino/Mozart), Joe Morgan (Tamino/Mozart), Gemma Morsley (Papagena), Matthew Quirk (Sarastro), Catarina Sareno (Pamina), Glenn Tweedie (Monastatos). Music Mozart. Lyrics Schikaneder. Company The Merry Opera Company. Translation Kit Hesketh-Harvey. Adapted by Kit Hesketh-Harvey. Director Kit Hesketh-Harvey. Musical Director Stephen Hose. Director Preece Killick (assistant). Choreographer Paul Chantry. Choreographer Rae Piper. Design Sophia Simensky. Costume Fiona Russell. Lighting Derek Carlyle.