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The Magic Flute: Opéra Comique

About the Event

Witness the French premiere of this critically acclaimed production: Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' comes to the stage of the Salle Favart in the visionary staging by Barrie Kosky and the theater group 1927.

Created in 2012 for the Komische Oper in Berlin, this production has since been well received in theaters worldwide. The unique staging is inspired by 1920s cinema and animation films. The singers perform within a video environment, in which the various locations, elements, and supernatural phenomena unfold.

Cast / Production

Music director: Kevin John Edusei
Stage director: Suzanne Andrade, Barrie Kosky
Animation: Paul Barritt
Concept: 1927 (Suzanne Andrade & Paul Barritt) and Barrie Kosky
Scenery and costumes: Esther Bialas
Dramaturgy: Ulrich Lenz
Lights: Diego Leetz

Pamina: Nadja Mchantaf / Nicole Chevalier
Tamino: Tansel Akzeybek / Adrian Strooper
Queen of the Night: Christina Poulitsi /Olga Pudova
Sarastro, speaker: Önay Köse
Papageno: Dominik Köninger / Richard Sveda
Papagena: Talya Lieberman
Monostatos: Ivan Tursic / Peter Renz
First Lady: Brigitte Geller / Nina Bernsteiner
Second Lady: Gemma Alabert / Katarzyna Wlodarczyk
Third Lady: Nadine Weissmann / Helena Köhne
First armored man: Johannes Dunz / Timothy Richards
Second armored man: Philipp Meierhöfer / Daniil Chesnokov
Three boys: Tölzer Knabenchor

Choir: Arnold Schönberg Chor
Orchestra: Komische Oper Berlin

Production: Komische Oper Berlin

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