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Nevill Holt Festival: The Magic Flute
Nevill Holt Festival 2024 opens with Mozart’s The Magic Flute, directed and designed by Melly Still (Tony and Olivier Award-nominated Coram Boy, National Theatre; Rusalka and The Wreckers, Glyndebourne) and conducted by Finnegan Downie Dear.
Created in partnership with the award-winning Britten Sinfonia, the production’s cast will be led by award-winning soprano Nazan Fikret (Welsh National Opera, English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne) as Queen of the Night, with Jonathan Eyers (English National Opera, Garsington) as Papageno, Allen Michael Jones (Minnesota Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Toledo Opera) as Sarastro, Martins Smaukstelis (New Opera Singapore, Devon Opera) as Tamino, Jasmine Flicker (Pegasus Opera, Vache Baroque, BBC Proms) as Papagena, Olivia Warburton (Staatsoper Hamburg, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar) as Pamina, and Simon Sumal (Royal Danish Opera House) as Monostatos.
The design was created by Rebecca Pitt, with photography by Michael Wharley, costume by Livvie Walters and assistance from Caitlin Eacott and Reuben Davies.
Access from 3pm onwards to the Nevill Holt estate gardens and Modern British sculpture collection as well as the 2024 Festival’s exhibitions of Anthony Caro and Eduardo Paolozzi’s sculptures, marking the centenary of both artist’s birth.
Created in partnership with the award-winning Britten Sinfonia, the production’s cast will be led by award-winning soprano Nazan Fikret (Welsh National Opera, English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne) as Queen of the Night, with Jonathan Eyers (English National Opera, Garsington) as Papageno, Allen Michael Jones (Minnesota Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Toledo Opera) as Sarastro, Martins Smaukstelis (New Opera Singapore, Devon Opera) as Tamino, Jasmine Flicker (Pegasus Opera, Vache Baroque, BBC Proms) as Papagena, Olivia Warburton (Staatsoper Hamburg, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar) as Pamina, and Simon Sumal (Royal Danish Opera House) as Monostatos.
The design was created by Rebecca Pitt, with photography by Michael Wharley, costume by Livvie Walters and assistance from Caitlin Eacott and Reuben Davies.
Access from 3pm onwards to the Nevill Holt estate gardens and Modern British sculpture collection as well as the 2024 Festival’s exhibitions of Anthony Caro and Eduardo Paolozzi’s sculptures, marking the centenary of both artist’s birth.
01 June - 17:00
02 June - 15:00
04 June - 17:00
06 June - 17:00
08 June - 17:00
09 June - 15:00
Prices start from £165.00, £35 tickets available for under-35s with the purchase of an under-35s membership (£35.00).
Sung in German with surtitles
4 hours including one 90 minute interval
02 June - 15:00
04 June - 17:00
06 June - 17:00
08 June - 17:00
09 June - 15:00
Prices start from £165.00, £35 tickets available for under-35s with the purchase of an under-35s membership (£35.00).
Sung in German with surtitles
4 hours including one 90 minute interval
Nevill Holt Theatre, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 8EG
Sat 1 Jun to Sun 9 June
Website:
nevillholtfestival.com/whats-on/