| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart operas |
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• Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782) • Le nozze di Figaro (1786) • Don Giovanni (1787) • Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (1790) • La clemenza di Tito (1791) • The Magic Flute (1791) |
“The Magic Flute” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, La Flûte enchantée, Волшебная флейта
Paperback libretto with side-by-side translation
Read The Magic Flute with the original libretto and a clear English translation printed on facing pages.
See on Amazon – $11.99 →Premiere / date of written: 30 September 1791
The opera was premiered in Vienna on 30 September 1791 at the suburban Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden. Mozart conducted the orchestra, Schikaneder himself played Papageno, while the role of the Queen of the Night was sung by Mozart's sister-in-law Josepha Hofer.
Libretti
| # | Language | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
German
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Emanuel Schikaneder |
| 2 |
English
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| 3 |
French
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Arlette de Grouchy |
original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
History
- 1791 September 30 — Premiere of Mozart’s opera *Die Zauberflöte* (The Magic Flute) in Vienna at the Theater auf der Wieden.
- 1970 January 19 — Soprano Judith Blegen made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Papagena in Mozart’s "The Magic Flute."
Printed Editions
| Year | Edition | Publisher | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Magic Flute / Die Zauberflöte: Opera Libretto with German–English Translation | DM’s Opera Series |
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Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964
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Nicolai Gedda Gundula Janowitz Gottlob Frick Lucia Popp Walter Berry Ruth-Margret Pütz Cast also includes: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Christa Ludwig |
Otto Klemperer Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus |
EMI Great Recordings of the Century 5673852 |
$16.01 |
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