The Magic Flute • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • opera • live broadcast • new production
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Directed and choreographed by Simon McBurney
Stage: Michael Levine
Costumes: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting design: Jean Kalman
Projection design: Finn Ross
Sound Design: Gareth Fry
Estimated duration: 3 hours 10 minutes (including one break)
Cast: Erin Morley (Pamina), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Lawrence Brownlee (Tamino), Thomas Oliemans (Papageno), Alan Held (Speaker), Stephen Milling (Sarastro), Brenton Ryan (Monostatos)
In his directorial debut at the Met, director Simon McBurney has incorporated dazzling projections, sound effects and acrobatic performances to match the drama and tension of Mozart's Parable. All this is crowned by the performances of a great ensemble of male and female singers with soprano Erin Morley as Pamina, tenor Lawrence Brownlee as her Tamino, baritone Thomas Oliemans, who makes his Metropolitan Opera debut as the birdman Papageno, soprano Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night and bassist Stephen Milling as the supreme the priest Sarastra. The new production of The Magic Flute is the second Mozart opera staged by conductor Nathalie Stutzmann at the Met this season.
