![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sir Andrew Davis’s conducting is graceful and consistently gentle even the brass section sound smooth at the loudest sections. ![]() With his powerful, refined voice and on- (and off-) stage antics-he even usurped the conductor’s baton-Degout is definitely the audience favorite. While the wily bird catcher is usually cast for acting skill rather than vocal prowess, Degout combines his beautifully resonant baritone with a keen wit that is brash but always lovable. Stéphane Degout’s Papageno is particularly fine. Most voices are very good, some excellent. Lyric’s rendition of this tale is highly polished and clean, never daring but always enjoyable. With the aid of scrappy bird catcher, Papageno (Stéphane Degout), and the titular magical instrument, Tamino starts his quest, only to discover, in true fairytale convention, that his journey is really about character development. Using August Everding’s classic 1986 interpretation, Lyric presents a version of Mozart’s family-friendly fairytale classic that’s hard to be unhappy about.įlute tells the story of a prince, Tamino (Alek Shrader), who is asked on behest of a fiery Queen of the Night (Audrey Luna) to rescue her daughter, Pamina (Nicole Cabell), from the evil Sarastro. For a work featuring wild beasts, vengeful queens, and hostile savages, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Die Zauberflöte ( The Magic Flute) offers a pleasant and surprisingly tame night at the opera. ![]()
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