| Glyndebourne Festival - Die Zauberflöte Reviews | 20 April 2024 |
David Portillo (Tamino), Sofia Fomina (Pamina)
Jörg Schneider (Monastatos), Esther Dierkes (First Lady), Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night), Katharina Magiera (Third Lady), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Second Lady)
Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Ensemble
Ensemble
Björn Bürger (Papageno), Sofia Fomina (Pamina)
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Die ZauberflöteGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 10 | |
Glyndebourne’s new Die Zauberflöte misfires, despite an excellent cast |
 24 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard |
Sheer lunacy |
| 23 Jul 19 / Express |
The show breaks free of director Renaud Doucet’s contrived, PC rewrites |
| 23 Jul 19 / Independent |
Glyndebourne show spikes sexist perceptions |
| 23 Jul 19 / Evening Standard |
Kitchen sunk drama |
| 23 Jul 19 / The Critics' Circle |
This magical, witty, irreverent production updates the action and politics to 1900s Vienna but still strikes some wrong notes |
| 20 Jul 19 / The Guardian |
A meaningless, tasteless, pointless, gimmicky mish-mash |
| 20 Jul 19 / Telegraph |
A highly imaginative affair, chock-full of spectacle with keen attention to detail |
| 20 Jul 19 / Classical Source |
There’s some fine singing to paper over the cracks in the concept |
| 20 Jul 19 / Opera Today |
A mixed bag of paper cut-outs |
| 20 Jul 19 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
Fomina, Portillo, Bürger, Rose, Wettergreen, Sherratt, Schneider, Dierkes, Fontanals-Simmons, Magiera, Kraus, Snell, Atkins, Atkins, Snell
(c) Wigglesworth/Hasan (d) Barbe & Doucet
Performance dates
18, 21, 24, 27, 30 July, 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24 August 2019
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