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The Magic Flute

Jack Wolfe

F. Murray Abraham

Niamh McCormack

Ellie Courtiour

Cosima Henman

Amir Wilson

Rolando Villazón

Tedros Teclebrhan

Waldemar Kobus

Greg Wise

Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo

Iwan Rheon

Stéfi Celma

Robin Gooch

Sabine Devieilhe

Asha Banks

Morris Robinson

Stefan Konarske

Larissa Sirah Herden

Jasmin Shakeri

Jeanne Goursaud

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht

Steffen Mennekes

Ryan Hadaller

Noureddine Farihi

Niklas Dis

Jerome Bèl

Leslie Sugandarajah

Bertie Caplan

Sidney Jackson

Yoni Bronks

Steffen Jung

Robert Porter Templeton

Florian Sigl

Timm Oberwelland

Johannes Slapa

Regina Ruffini

Rubén Ramallo

Alexander Artopé

Tobias Alexander Seiffert

Cagla Eroglu

Jermaine Thompson

Claudio Köhl

Cris Noda

Tenesor Quintana

Peter Eiff

Peter Matjasko

Iván Medina Hernández

Faye Timby

Robin Hoffmann

Roland Emmerich

Theodor Gringel

Dario Suter

Christopher Zwickler

Alexander Dittner

Viktor Perdula

Katja Jerabek

Stuart Szymanski

Luis Cesar Izquierdo

Aurel Wunderer

David Bienes Paz

Norbert Maass

Andreas Schneider

Jan Böhme

Uli Kleppi

Matthias Schuart

Rhys Young

Sven Vohser

Yoel García Morera

Andrew Lowery

Ulrike Fauth

Iván Briones

Constantin Grethen

Paula Pérez

Fabian Wolfart

Jacek Gluszko

Sophie Holland

Christoph Kanter

Clemens Becker

Max Häusle

Jason Young

Uwe Greiner

Alberto Pérez Brito

Lara Jensen

Lena Bahrs

Deniz Ersoy

Tyler Fowler

Sandro Friedrich

Marta Calero

Tatjana Hafenbraedl

Martin Stock

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Fresh from recent screenings of Michael Powell's "Tales of Hoffmann" (1951) and "Bluebeard's Castle" (1963) I thought I'd give this a go... No, in no way can anyone claim that the singing is to the same standard of Norman Foster or Robert Rounseville, but there is one similarity. This is not an opera, it's a filmed interpretation of one - and it's aimed fairly and squarely at younger folks who would no more want to sit through two hours of Mozart sang in German than they'd volunteer for dental surgery. I think that's what makes this worth indulging a bit more. Recruiting the handsome Jack Wolfe (anyone else think he looks a little bit like Thomas Sangster) is guaranteed to turns some heads. He is the seventeen year old "Tim" who takes up his place at the famous Mozart school high in the Alps. He knows nobody and is armed only with the tiniest amount of confidence and a book given to him by his now deceased dad. He gets a distinctly frosty welcome from the musical snobs - including the professor "Lomgbow" (the sparingly used F. Murray Abraham) - in the place, but his roommate "Paolo" (Ellie Courtiour) proves to be OK and he makes friends with "Sophie" (Niamh McCormack) over some "Jackson 5" music on their headphones. What he also discovers is that his book opens a long forgotten secret passageway into the very land in which "The Magic Flute" is set. So long as he goes through at 3 o'clock each night, he will be able to live out the story with "Papageno" (Iwan Rheon), "Pamina" (Asha Banks) as they face the "Queen of the Night" (Sabine Devieilhe). To help defend himself, he has been given a flute and now he must learn to use it to best effect. Yes, it's the "Janet and John" version, and the English language obsession with rhyme can limit the power of the libretto at times, but this is still an engaging mix of modern teen/hormonal drama interspersed through some of the darker, funnier and more sinister elements of the original story. The score is rousing and the cast - especially Devieilhe - deliver the songs adequately enough, I'd say, to encourage anyone interested in the production to take it to another level - to see it on the stage even. It's not great, but it's a solid effort that might just make this marvellous form of entertainment become of interest to a new generation of Taylor Swift fans.

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Jack Wolfe

F. Murray Abraham

Niamh McCormack

Ellie Courtiour

Cosima Henman

Amir Wilson

Rolando Villazón

Tedros Teclebrhan

Waldemar Kobus

Greg Wise

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