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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]
CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
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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