Event
31st July 2026
Live Opera: The Magic Flute at Chatsworth
Experience live opera, performed by a professional ensemble in the Chatsworth Rose Garden.
About
31st July 2026
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
With the Rose Garden as your backdrop, discover Mozart's timeless coming-of-age story, The Magic Flute, performed in English by touring company 'Opera Anywhere'.
Now in their 26th year, Opera Anywhere specialises in relaxed, accessible and joyful performances of popular operas and operettas designed to appeal to people of all ages and backgrounds.
About The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute was written in 1791 by one of the world’s greatest composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, just months before his death aged 35. First performed in Vienna that same year, the opera was an instant success. Rich in fantasy and symbolism, it works both as an enchanting fairy tale and as a thoughtful story exploring ideas about truth, wisdom and humanity.
In this production by Opera Anywhere, The Magic Flute is sung in English and reimagined in the 1950s. Hollywood glamour shines through the Queen of the Night, inspired by the era’s leading film stars, while Pamina is portrayed as a quiet, bookish London teenager. Papageno becomes a tweedy gamekeeper, representing an older working class clinging to a disappearing way of life. The result is a magical world that feels familiar yet delightfully strange.
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