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 dying composer experiences 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.
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
Credits
- Stage director
- Rolando VillazónSetsHarald ThorCostumesTanja Hofmann
- Conductor
- Roberto González-MonjasMozarteumorchester SalzburgPhilharmonia Chor Wien (chorus master: Walter Zeh)
- Cast (selection)
- Kathryn LewekEmily PogorelcMagnus DietrichFranz-Josef SeligTheodore PlattTamara IvanišPaul Schweinester
- Camera direction
- Volker Werner
- Executive producer
- Martin Pichl
- Co-production
- SCARLATTI Arts international and ORF
- Further partners
- International Mozarteum FoundationDeutsche Grammophon / STAGE+supported by the State of Salzburg
- International distribution
- ORF-Enterprise
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