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DAVID NICHOLSON thoroughly approves of Mozart at fair price, and stripped of masonic overtones
MAGIC: Jenny Stafford as Papagena and Quirijn de Lang as Papageno
[Pic: Craig Fuller]
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PETER MASON is entertained by the autobiography of Charlie Harper, one of punk’s most enduring figures
JAMIE BRITTON reaches for the sick bucket as he is forced to engorge detail after detail of the Royal Family’s wealth
STEVE JOHNSON picks his favourites from the many memorable albums of the year, and one stunning new festival
The Magic Flute
Welsh National Opera, Cardiff
WELSH National Opera’s new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute is a lovely addition to the company’s repertoire and will bring joy to audiences of all ages.
Director Daisy Evans has a sure touch for comedy and sympathetically highlights the singers during their key arias.
What Evans has done is to lose some of the opera’s misogynist elements and refocus it away from the mysticism and romanticism of freemasonry.
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