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Die Zauberflote, 27 May 1937

The Opera

Venue: Glyndebourne

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist: Emanuel Schikaneder

Conductor: Fritz Busch

Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

Cast

Tamino: Thorkild Noval

1st Lady: Luise Helletsgruber

2nd Lady: Marita Farell

3rd Lady: Joyce Newton

Papageno: Roy Henderson

Queen of the Night: Sinaida Lissitschkina

Monostatos: Ernest Frank

Pamina: Aulikki Rautawaara

1st Boy/Spirit: Winifred Radford

2nd Boy/Spirit: Jean Beckwith

3rd Boy/Spirit: Molly Mitchell

Speaker (Act I): Norman Walker

Speaker (Act II): Carl Ebert

Sarastro: David Franklin

Priest & Armed Man: Norman Walker

Priest & Armed Man: Eric Starling

Papagena: Irene Eisinger

Production Team

Set Designer: Hamish Wilson

Costume Designer: Hamish Wilson

Original Producer: Carl Ebert