First night of David McVicar's production of The Magic Flute, now back at Covent Garden for the third revival:http://www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/roh-flute-0108.shtml
Simon Keenlyside is always magnificent as Papageno, but it felt a bit like some of the other singers were resorting to stock gestures and to walking through the production.
The chorus didn't sing as lustily as is usual for them, and somehow there just wasn't the fire or warmth that Mackerras brought to the piece last time.
Tomorrow: an interview with Sarah Tynan and Robert Murray about The Mikado at ENO.
