By Tully Potter For The Daily Mail
Published: 01:34 GMT, 22 March 2019 | Updated: 01:35 GMT, 22 March 2019
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The Magic Flute (English National Opera)
Verdict: The sublime and ridiculous co-exist
****
After its appalling Merry Widow, the ENO needs to restore its credibility and this revival of Mozart’s last opera, a mixture of pantomime and divine musical inspiration, goes most of the way to doing it.
Disturbingly, Simon McBurney’s production has picked up some of the ENO’s customary vulgarity since it was last seen in 2016; but the singing is unfailingly good and the crucial role of the birdcatcher Papageno is well taken by Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans.
Disturbingly, Simon McBurney’s production has picked up some of the ENO’s customary vulgarity since it was last seen in 2016; but the singing is unfailingly good and the crucial role of the birdcatcher Papageno is well taken by Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans
Actors performing the Magic Flute at the English National Opera
Tully Potter gave the show four out of five stars and a verdict of 'The sublime and ridiculous co-exist' for the show
The lovers Pamina and Tamino, who have to undergo trials by fire, water and so on in a Masonic ritual, are
