Details

Bizarre and spellbinding. The Magic Flute features two love stories, a serpent, a Queen, a High Priest and a comedian, whose intrigues unfold to the beauty of Mozart's most popular opera score and Schikaneder's witty dialogue Using Hesketh-Harvey's translations of the arias, recently performed by Scottish Opera, Merry Opera's production provides a new setting and new spoken dialogue, by Kit Hesketh-Harvey. Part-pantomime, part-opera, this new production re-lives The Magic Flute's triumphant opening night in 1791. Mozart's fevered imagination creates a magical world for a cast of lofty divas and low comedians, as the shadowy forces of Freemasonry oversee events, and Mozart himself believes he is being poisoned...

Cast/Performers

Nicholas Allen (cello), Neil McTaggart (violin), Elise Bergersen (viola), Mark Chivers (viola), Niall Webb (woodwind), Stephen Hose (piano), Fleur de Bray (Queen of the Night), Daisy Brown (Pamina), Dario Dugandzic (Papageno), Kristin Finnigan (Third Lady), Thomas Faulkner (Sarastro), James Harrison (Papageno), Elisabeth Marshall (Queen of the Night), Lawrence Olsworth-Peter (Tamino / Mozart), Joe Morgan (Tamino / Mozart), Gemma Morsley (Papagena), Matthew Quirk (Sarastro), Catarina Sareno (Pamina), Glenn Tweedie (Monastatos)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Schikaneder
Company: The Merry Opera Company
Translation: Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Adapted by: Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Director(s): Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Preece Killick (assistant)
Musical Director: Stephen Hose
Choreographer(s): Paul Chantry, Rae Piper
Design: Sophia Simensky
Costume: Fiona Russell
Lighting: Derek Carlyle