The Magic Flute | Opera review

Millennium Centre, CardiffWelsh National Opera's surrealist take on Mozart's last opera, first seen in 2005 and now being revived for the second time, has proved remarkably appealing. Performed in English, the singspiel element of spoken dialogue is no impediment to the action (unlike the equivalent in the company's new Fidelio). Jeremy Sams's translation is anyway lively, but the irrepressibly high spirits injected by Neal Davies' "no worries" Papageno up the pantomime element in such a way tha...

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