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Opera Archive
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Amy Carson (singer-actor) – The Magic Flute
AMY CARSON was a Music student at Cambridge University when she landed the lead in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Branagh’s update of the 1791 opera sets the action during the First World War and stars Carson as Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night. When Pamina is kidnapped, the task of rescuing her falls to a young soldier named Tamino and his sidekick Papageno. Carson chats to film... -
Kenneth Branagh (director) – The Magic Flute
Oscar-nominated actor-director KENNETH BRANAGH is well known for his film adaptations of Shakespearean plays including Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, and As You Like It. But now he’s bringing Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute to the big screen. He talks to film journalist Jan Gilbert about French airfields, the challenges of opera, and working with Stephen Fry. MMM: What drew you to adapt The Magic Flute for the cinema? Branagh: I woke up one morning...