| Simon Keenlyside "compone un Papageno absolutamente excepcional, tanto vocal como teatralmente," says a review in Spanish in El País of 31 July 2002 of a Salzburg Zauberflöte. |
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| Photo of Simon Keenlyside as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte at the Salzburg Festival 2002 |
| Simon Keenlyside sang Papageno at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London, in 2003. |
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| "Right now, he's particularly in demand for Papageno," wrote Brian Kellow about Simon Keenlyside in the December 2002 issue of Opera News. "After catching his performance in Salzburg, it's easy to see why. While many Papagenos are content to camp it up, Keenlyside sang the role uncommonly well while brilliantly executing all of the stunts of Freyer's production (including falling into a birdbath with Papagena)." |
| The DVD of the Covent Garden production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with Dorothea Röschmann and Simon Keenlyside was released at amazon.co.uk and at amazon.de on 1 September 2003. |
| On March 7, 2005, Chandos is releasing a recording of The Magic Flute in English translation. Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, New London Children’s Choir, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The cast includes Simon Keenlyside as Papageno, and Barry Banks, Elizabeth Vidal, Rebecca Evans, Majella Cullagh, Sarah Fox, Diana Montague, Lesley Garrett, and John Tomlinson. The recording can be ordered from amazon.co.uk and from amazon.de. |