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13/04/2015

Mozart's Die Zauberflote

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Mozart's Die Zauberflote

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a revival of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflote.

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a revival of David McVicar's production of Mozart's late opera Die Zauberflote. With Christiane Karg and Markus Werba.

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mary King presents a revival of David McVicar's acclaimed production of Die Zauberflote, with a stellar cast including Christiane Karg, Pavol Breslik and Markus Werba. Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night has been captured by Sarastro. On seeing a picture of her, Tamino resolves to rescue her, with only a magic flute, and a somewhat unhelpful birdcatcher called Papageno to help him. Mozart's late, great singspiel combines the serious and the comic, with pantomime and Freemasonry thrown in for good measure. Writer and musicologist Gavin Plumley joins Mary to discuss this operatic hybrid, and what we know of the performance conditions of the original production in 1791.

Presented by Mary King

Tamino.....Pavol Breslik (Tenor)
Pamina.....Christiane Karg (Soprano)
Papageno.....Markus Werba (Baritone)
Papagena.....Lauren Fagan (Soprano)
Queen of the Night.....Anna Siminska (Soprano)
Sarastro.....Georg Zeppenfeld (Bass)
Monostatos.....Colin Judson (Tenor)
Speaker of the Temple.....Robert Lloyd (Bass)
First Lady.....Sinead Mulhern (Soprano)
Second Lady.....Nadezhda Karyazina (Mezzo-soprano)
Third Lady.....Claudia Huckle (Mezzo-soprano)
First Boy.....Emerson Murphy (Treble)
Second Boy.....Harry Featherstonhaugh (Treble)
Third Boy.....Conor Quinn (Treble)
First Priest.....Harry Nicoll (Tenor)
Second Priest.....Donald Maxwell (Baritone)
First Man in Armour.....Andrew Macnair (Tenor)
Second Man in Armour.....James Platt (Bass)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Chorus
Cornelius Meister (Conductor).

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