The Magic Flute – review

Theatre Royal, GlasgowTamino sits in the audience, an ordinary punter ready for a night out. But by the end of the overture he's been dragged up on stage by the impresario of a Victorian music hall called Sarastro's and set to playing an amorous prince questing for distressed damsels. It's a clever conceit, and is delivered, like so much of Scottish Opera's new production, with endearing wit and charm.That impresario turns out to be Papageno, which works on several levels. The historical twist i...

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