Details

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 Sung in English with English supertitles. Running time: approx 3hrs

Cast/Performers

Nicky Spence (Tamino), Laura Mitchell (Pamina), Richard Burkhard (Papageno), Ruth Jenkins (Papagena), Mari Moriya (The Queen of the Night), Suzanne Shakespeare (The Queen of the Night - Oct 23 / Nov 20), Peter Van Hulle (Monostatos), Jonathan Best (Sarastro), Nicholas Lester (The Speaker), Claire Watkins (First Lady), Rachel Hynes (Second Lady), Louise Collett (Third Lady)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Schikaneder
Company: Scottish Opera
Conductor(s): Ekhart Wycik, Derek Clark (Nov 1 / 3)
Director(s): Thomas Allen (Sir), Kally Lloyd-Jones (movement)
Design: Simon Higlett
Lighting: Mark Jonathan
Translation: Kit Hesketh-Harvey