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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart operas
Le nozze di Figaro (1786)
Don Giovanni (1787)
Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (1790)
La clemenza di Tito (1791)
Die Zauberflöte (1791)

“Die Zauberflöte” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Magic Flute, La Flûte enchantée, Волшебная флейта

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 Emanuel Schikaneder
2 English
3 French Arlette de Grouchy

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