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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.
Schikaneder playing the role of Papageno in The Magic Flute. Engraving by Ignaz Alberti. 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. (He ...
The German-language libretto of The Magic Flute was the work of Mozart's collaborator Emanuel Schikaneder, who was also theatre manager and sang Papageno at the first performances in 1791. For the plot, see The Magic Flute, and for details of the libretto see Libretto of The Magic Flute.
Schikaneder playing the role of Papageno in The Magic Flute.Engraving by Ignaz Alberti [1]. The words of "Dies Bildnis" were written by Emanuel Schikaneder, a leading man of the theater in Vienna in Mozart's time, who wrote the libretto of the opera as well as running the troupe that premiered it and playing the role of Papageno.
Schikaneder playing the role of Papageno in The Magic Flute.Engraving by Ignaz Alberti [1]. Emanuel Schikaneder (born Johann Joseph Schickeneder; 1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812) was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer.
Papageno and his family arrive at the royal court, where a group of courtiers welcomes them. Papageno spreads a good mood, but also jokes about the values of court society. Scenes 14–15 Papageno visits the cursed couple and eases their misery by playing the magic flute.
There are two sequels named The Magic Flute Part Two.The first is a fragment by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which was intended to be set to music by Paul Wranitzky.The second was sponsored by Emanuel Schikaneder himself, the opera, Das Labyrinth oder Der Kampf mit den Elementen (The Labyrinth or The Struggle with the Elements), a Singspiel in two acts composed in 1798 by Peter von Winter to a ...
Nathan Gunn (center) as Papageno in Mozart's "The Magic Flute". Nathan T. Gunn (born November 26, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) [1] is an American operatic baritone who performs regularly around the world. [2] He is an alumnus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he is currently a professor of voice.