| Garsington Opera - Die Zauberflöte Reviews | 25 April 2024 |
Jonathan McGovern (Papageno), Katherine Crompton, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Katie Stevenson (Three Ladies)
Louise Alder (Pamina), Three Boys
James Creswell (Sarastro), Richard Burkhard (Speaker), Chorus
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Louise Alder (Pamina)
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Die ZauberflöteGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
The overture and the great choral pieces were solemn and dignified, and the duets sparkling |
 19 Jun 18 / Music OMH |
A production swamped by a surplus of ideas |
| 16 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
Mozart’s forces of darkness and light fight it out alongside voluptuous Strauss on the lawns at Garsington |
| 10 Jun 18 / The Observer |
Imaginative re-think on Mozart's Enlightenment |
| 9 Jun 18 / Express |
Cold and confusing |
| 7 Jun 18 / The Spectator |
Garsington’s Die Zauberflöte is more rewarding vocally than theatrically |
| 6 Jun 18 / Seen and Heard |
The orchestra is carefully blended, the chorus is terrific and the soloists uniformly impressive |
| 4 Jun 18 / The Times |
Netia Jones shows she's more than a video artist with her riveting new staging of 'Die Zauberflöte' |
| 2 Jun 18 / What's on Stage |
An enigmatic staging |
| 2 Jun 18 / The Stage |
Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington |
| 2 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Netia Jones' new Die Zauberflöte opens Garsington Opera's 2018 season |
| 2 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
By setting the action in a Masonic lodge, Netia Jones leaves no space for the imagination |
| 2 Jun 18 / Independent |
Production details
Cast
Alder, Hulett, McGovern, Martinez, Creswell, Thompson, Crompton, Fontanals-Simmons, Stevenson
(c) Curnyn (d) Jones
Performance dates
31 May, 2, 8, 14, 17, 22, 30 June, 11, 17, 18, 21 July 2018
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