In February, 100 A&O staff and alumni came together to stage a performance of the Mozart opera The Magic Flute. Don McGown recalls a night to remember

It is the dream of many musicians to have the opportunity to perform at Glyndebourne, the world-famous opera house. So how did over one hundred members of Allen & Overy (A&O) staff and its alumni have the opportunity to realise that dream by performing Mozart’s The Magic Flute at Glyndebourne on a Saturday evening in February, and in doing so become the first corporate organisation to perform there?