Mozart Die Zauberflöte (the Magic Flute) opera to libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Directed 2019 by Barbe & Doucet at Glyndebourne. Stars David Portillo (Tamino); Sofia Fomina (Pamina); Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro); Björn Bürger (Papageno); Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night); Michael Kraus (Speaker); Esther Dierkes, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, and Katharina Magiera (Three Ladies); Jörg Schneidre (Monostatos); Alison Rose (Papagena); Freddie Jemison, Aman de Silva, and Stephan Dyak)onov (Three Boys); and Thomas Akins and Martin Snell (Priests and Men in Armour). Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Leader Matthew Truscott) and the Glyndebourne Chorus (Chorus Director Aidan Oliver). Set design by Barbe & Doucet; lighting design by Guy Simard; puppet designs and coaching by Patrick Martel. Directed for TV by François Roussillon. Sung in German. Released 2020, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
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