Mozart's The Magic Flute
Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Mozart's fairy-tale comedy at the New York Metropolitan Opera, starring Erin Morley as Pamina and Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino.
Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Mozart's fairy-tale comedy at the New York Metropolitan Opera, starring Erin Morley as Pamina and Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino, the Prince who hopes to win her, with only a magic flute to protect him against the dark powers of her mother the Queen of the Night. The Freemasonry-inspired story (both Mozart his librettist were Masons) is frankly bonkers, so sit back and enjoy the music and the stage high jinks. This daring new staging by English director Simon McBurney raises the orchestra pit so that singers and players can interact, and was hailed by The Wall Street Journal's critic as "the best production I’ve ever witnessed of Mozart’s opera".
Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.
Pamina ..... Erin Morley (soprano)
Tamino ..... Lawrence Brownlee (tenor)
Queen of the Night ..... Kathryn Lewek (soprano)
Sarastro ..... Stephen Milling (bass)
Papagena ..... TBC (soprano)
Papageno ..... Thomas Oliemans (baritone)
Monostatos ..... Brenton Ryan (tenor)
Speaker ..... Harold Wilson (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann
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