The Magic Flute – Mozart Week 2026
Rolando Villazón’s new staging of Mozart’s Singspiel, recorded at the Haus für Mozart in Salzburg.
For the 70th anniversary of the Mozart Week and Mozart’s 270th birthday, artistic director Rolando Villazón created a new production of “Die Zauberflöte” at the Haus für Mozart. Inspired by Stendhal’s biography of Mozart, the staging shows the dying composer experiencing the opera as a vision in his room. Sets and costumes draw on the colours of Mark Rothko; pieces of furniture transform the abstract space, while the plot of the Singspiel remains unchanged.
Roberto González-Monjas conducts the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and the Philharmonia Chor Wien. The cast includes Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, Emily Pogorelc as Pamina, Magnus Dietrich as Tamino, Franz-Josef Selig as Sarastro and Theodore Platt as Papageno.
SCARLATTI Arts international recorded the production for television in January 2026, during rehearsals and a performance.
Photos: © Werner Kmetitsch
Facts
- Work
- W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620Singspiel in two actsLibretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
- Venue and recording
- Haus für Mozart, SalzburgMozart Week 2026 of the International Mozarteum FoundationJanuary 2026
- First broadcast
- ORF 2, 31 January 2026
- Running time
- 165 min.
Credits
- Stage director
- Rolando VillazónSetsHarald ThorCostumesTanja Hofmann
- Conductor
- Roberto González-Monjas
- Orchestra and chorus
- Mozarteumorchester SalzburgPhilharmonia Chor Wien (chorus master: Walter Zeh)
- Cast (selection)
- Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night)Emily Pogorelc (Pamina)Magnus Dietrich (Tamino)Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro)Theodore Platt (Papageno)Tamara Ivaniš (Papagena)Paul Schweinester (Monostatos)
- TV director
- Volker Werner
- Executive producer
- Martin Pichl
- Co-production
- SCARLATTI Arts, ORF and Deutsche Grammophon
- In collaboration with
- International Mozarteum Foundation
- Supported by
- State of Salzburg
- Streaming
- STAGE+ (Deutsche Grammophon)
- World sales
- ORF-Enterprise
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