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The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte, pronounced [diː ˈtsaʊbɐˌfløːtə] ⓘ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel , a popular form during the time it was written that included both singing and spoken dialogue.
The Magic Flute is a celebrated opera composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart employed a libretto written by his close colleague Emanuel Schikaneder , the director of the Theater auf der Wieden at which the opera premiered in the same year.
The first page of the aria in Mozart's hand, from 1791. Click to enlarge. " Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" ("This image is enchantingly lovely") is an aria from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1791 opera The Magic Flute. The aria takes place in act 1, scene 1, of the opera.
The series of fairy-tale operas at the Theater auf der Wieden culminated in the September 1791 premiere of The Magic Flute, with music by Mozart and libretto by Schikaneder. [18] The opera incorporated a loose mixture of Masonic elements and traditional fairy-tale themes (see Libretto of The Magic Flute).
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” has been listed as one of the most popular operas since it premiered in 1791. MSU's Opera will perform it Nov. 13-17.
6 September 1791 Estates Theatre, Prague K.621 Score Libretto: 1791 Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Singspiel 2 acts German Emanuel Schikaneder: 6 soprano, 2 mezzo-soprano, 1 alto, 4 tenor, 1 baritone, 4 bass, chorus 30 September 1791 Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna K.620 Score Libretto
The fairy tale series culminated with the premiere in September 1791 of Mozart's The Magic Flute. The latter was a success, and played for over 100 performances in its first year alone, 223 over the life of the theater. [19] It gave rise to a sequel by Schikaneder and Peter von Winter (1798) entitled The Magic Flute Second Part.
Shout! Studios presents The Magic Flute by Florian Zigl, executive produced by Roland Emmerich, at 325 theaters with expansion likely. A reimagining of the Mozart opera, it follows a present-day ...