March 9th, 2025Her Maj to host intimate chamber opera

Victorian Opera is staging Mansfield Park, an intimate chamber opera adapted from a Jane Austen novel, at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Ballarat early next month.

Published in 1814, Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park tells the story of Fanny Price who, as a girl, was sent from her impoverished family to live with her wealthy relatives in their opulent manor.

As a young woman of marrying age, Fanny must navigate her new social environment, including the romantic entanglements and moral dilemmas of her cousins. 

Jonathan Dove’s musical adaptation of Mansfield Park invites guests to be a fly on the wall in Jane Austen’s world of family drama, marriage negotiations, class and flirtation.  

Featuring some of Australia’s finest performers, next month’s production features two performances at her Majesty’s Theatre in Ballarat on April 4 and April 5.

More details can be found through the venue’s website.

Words: Eve Lamb. Image: File