Performance

Venue	St George's Theatre
Town	Great Yarmouth
County	Norfolk
From	15th March 2013
To	15th March 2013
What is currently on at St George's Theatre (V1454243688)

The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote)

T408602166
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

Music	Mozart
Lyrics	Schikaneder

Archive :: production:T408602166, opera or operetta:S2009, venue:V1454243688
Current production:Work

Production details

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...

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Company

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
Performer	Nicholas Allen (cello)
Performer	Neil McTaggart (violin)
Performer	Elise Bergersen (viola)
Performer	Mark Chivers (viola)
Performer	Niall Webb (woodwind)
Performer	Stephen Hose (piano)
Performer	Fleur de Bray (Queen of the Night)
Performer	Daisy Brown (Pamina)
Performer	Dario Dugandzic (Papageno)
Performer	Kristin Finnigan (Third Lady)
Performer	Thomas Faulkner (Sarastro)
Performer	James Harrison (Papageno)
Performer	Elisabeth Marshall (Queen of the Night)
Performer	Lawrence Olsworth-Peter (Tamino / Mozart)
Performer	Joe Morgan (Tamino / Mozart)
Performer	Gemma Morsley (Papagena)
Performer	Matthew Quirk (Sarastro)
Performer	Catarina Sareno (Pamina)
Performer	Glenn Tweedie (Monastatos)

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.