| English National Opera - Die Zauberflöte Reviews | 20 April 2024 |
Allan Clayton (Tamino), Ensemble
Ambur Braid (Queen of the Night), Lucy Crowe (Pamina)
Peter Coleman-Wright (Papageno), Ensemble
Catherine Young, Eleanor Dennis, Rachael Lloyd (Three Ladies), Allan Clayton (Tamino)
James Creswell (Sarastro), Lucy Crowe (Pamina)
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Die ZauberflöteEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 17 | |
McBurney worries over character and detail at the expense of the big picture |
 18 Feb 16 / The Critics' Circle |
If you haven't seen it before, Simon McBurney's Flute will seem truly magical |
| 17 Feb 16 / Express |
Lucy Crowe shines as a golden-toned and rapturous Pamina |
| 14 Feb 16 / Express |
Life-enhancing achievement |
| 12 Feb 16 / The Spectator |
Mozart epic is treated to a masterclass of invention |
| 10 Feb 16 / Evening Standard |
English National Opera’s outreach to a younger and wider audience is well served by Simon McBurney’s production |
| 10 Feb 16 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
ENO’s Magic Flute lacks depth despite superb ensemble work |
| 9 Feb 16 / Seen and Heard |
As imaginative as the staging is, the real achievement of the evening lay in its music |
| 9 Feb 16 / Opera Britannia |
McBurney’s The Magic Flute may not constitute a vintage staging, but it is very warming and involving |
| 9 Feb 16 / Music OMH |
An incandescent Magic Flute from Mark Wigglesworth at ENO |
| 9 Feb 16 / Bachtrack |
Imaginative and beguiling |
| 9 Feb 16 / The Stage |
The strongest reasons to enthuse were musical |
| 9 Feb 16 / Boulezian |
An enchanting production and an example of progressive theatre making |
| 8 Feb 16 / A Younger Theatre |
Happy return of an exhilaratingly inventive production |
| 8 Feb 16 / The Guardian |
McBurney returns even more brilliant than before |
| 8 Feb 16 / Independent |
Simon McBurney's Complicite Mozart returns to English National Opera in a joyous revival |
| 8 Feb 16 / What's on Stage |
The Force is with it |
| 7 Feb 16 / Telegraph |
Production details
Cast
Crowe, Clayton, Coleman-Wright, Mafi, Braid, Creswell, Graham-Hall, Dennis, Young, Lloyd, Jeffrey, Charlesworth, Long, Charlesworth, Long
(c) Wigglesworth (d) McBurney
Performance dates
5, 11, 13, 16, 19, 25, 26 February, 3 March 2016
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