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 lyrics projected above the stage

Cast/Performers

Allan Clayton (Tamino), Lucy Crowe (Pamina), Peter Coleman-Wright (Papageno), James Creswell (Sarastro), Ambur Braid (Queen of Night), Darren Jeffrey (Speaker), John Graham-Hall (Monostatos), Soraya Maji (Papagena)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Schikaneder
Producer(s): English National Opera, De Nederlandse Opera, International Festival of Lyric Art Aix-en-Provence
Company: Complicite
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
Director(s): Simon McBurney, Josie Daxter (movement)
Design(s): Michael Levine, Finn Ross (video)
Costume: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting: Jean Kalman
Sound: Gareth Fry
Translation: Stephen Jeffreys