| English National Opera - Die Zauberflöte Reviews | 26 April 2024 |
Devon Guthrie, Alessio D'Andrea, Finlay A'Court, Alex Karlsson
Ben Johnson, Devon Guthrie
Clare Presland, Eleanor Dennis, Rosie Aldridge
Devon Guthrie, Brian Galliford, Ensemble
Roland Wood
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Die ZauberflöteEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 20 | |
At the ENO, the Most Magical Flute of All |
 27 Nov 13 / Wall Street Journal |
Flauta desafinada |
| 16 Nov 13 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
English National Opera’s new production of The Magic Flute is an extra-ordinary theatrical event |
| 16 Nov 13 / Musical Criticism |
The ENO's Magic Flute ignores everything that makes Mozart's opera great |
| 16 Nov 13 / The Spectator |
La Flûte enchantée à Londres, théâtre, musique et magie |
| 15 Nov 13 / ResMusica |
A Magic Flute that glitters with enchantments while hitting you in the solar plexus |
| 13 Nov 13 / Classical-music.com |
Mozart's final opera has been performed to perfection many times - who would have thought it could get any better? |
| 13 Nov 13 / Express |
The show is likely to have limited appea |
| 12 Nov 13 / The Stage |
Simon McBurney creates a lively, physical Magic Flute |
| 10 Nov 13 / Londonist |
Wizardry and darkness fight it out in Simon McBurney's captivating new ENO production of The Magic Flute |
| 10 Nov 13 / The Observer |
Effect without cause in ENO’s Zauberflöte |
| 9 Nov 13 / Seen and Heard |
Complicite’s new production is distinctive, making a virtue of stagecraft, but it lacks human warmth |
| 9 Nov 13 / Financial Times |
Mozart's Oz becomes black-and-white post-nuclear Kansas as the Complicite style falls flat |
| 9 Nov 13 / The Arts Desk |
Simon McBurney's modern take on Mozart hits hard with some magical moments |
| 9 Nov 13 / Evening Standard |
No coherent view of this puzzling work is able to emerge |
| 9 Nov 13 / The Guardian |
Simon McBurney’s production of The Magic Flute opera needs more magic |
| 9 Nov 13 / Metro |
Simon McBurney's interpretation of The Magic Flute is inventive and well sung |
| 9 Nov 13 / Telegraph |
Stagecraft and illusion in McBurney's contemporary production |
| 9 Nov 13 / Opera Britannia |
Simon McBurney gives Mozart's fantasy opera the Complicite treatment and gets away with it – just |
| 9 Nov 13 / What's on Stage |
Simon McBurney successfully conveys this work's evanescent mystery |
| 9 Nov 13 / Independent |
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Simon McBurney: The Age of Enlightenment
Simon McBurney thought operas were obscure, wooden and pointless. So what made him agree to direct The Magic Flute?
Simon McBurney thought operas were obscure, wooden and pointless. So what made him agree to direct The Magic Flute?
Production details
Cast
Guthrie, Johnson, Wood, Bevan, Götz, Creswell, Galliford, Dennis, Presland, Aldridge
(c) Madaras (d) McBurney
Performance dates
7, 9, 12, 14, 16(m), 19, 22, 28, 30 November, 3, 5, 7(m) December 2013
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