Amy Carson plays Pamina. Amy was born in Bristol, Somerset in the southwest of England.

This is not the first time Amy has appeared in 'The Magic Flute' - "When I was twelve years old, my school teacher asked me and two other friends to sing the parts of three boys. It was the first opera I ever sang in and I got the giggles as we had to wear these huge flowers on our heads - we looked like something from Disney's Fantasia."

Amy describes Pamina as noble, sweet and brave.

Amy on her musical talents "I used to play the violin and then the viola and I played the organ. I still play the piano and I can strum a few songs on the guitar but it hurts my fingers."

Amy's top five films are Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, Sense and Sensibility, The English Patient, Anchorman and Withnail and I.

Judi Dench is Amy's heroine and David Attenborough is her hero.

Unlike Pamina, Amy doesn't believe in love at first sight - "I believe in feeling a strong chemistry and connection to someone when seeing and meeting them for the first time but I believe that true love is something that has to grow out of being in love with someone.

Amy on being an actress - "I love the diversity of the job and meeting new wonderful people all the time. Also, hearing that you’ve got the part is the most amazing feeling."

Amy had a few careers in mind when she was younger - she wanted to be a missionary, a vet, an actress, a farmer and a post woman!

Amy's favourite breakfast cereal is Nestle Chocopick with ice cold full fat milk. "My boyfriend and I are addicted to it and we eat it all the time when he is working on the continent as you can't get it in this country!"

Amy is currently listening to Jeff Buckley's Grace album and the second variation from the Goldberg variations played by Murray Perahia.

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Amy Carson was a choral scholar and read music at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 2005.

The role of Pamina requires a singer with a soprano vocal range. The word "soprano" generally refers to a female singer of the highest vocal range.
This shows how the soprano vocal range is represented on the keyboard of a piano: