The Magic Flute

E272017
Singspiel opera

The Magic Flute is a celebrated opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that blends fairy-tale fantasy, Masonic symbolism, and memorable arias into one of the most frequently performed works in the operatic repertoire.

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Label Occurrences
Die Zauberflöte 1
The Magic Flute canonical 1
The Magic Flute (1975 film) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Singspiel ⓘ
opera ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Magic Flute ⓘ
surface form: Die Zauberflöte
catalogueNumber K. 620 ⓘ
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
compositionYear 1791 ⓘ
containsMasonicAllusions yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
genre Singspiel ⓘ
fairy-tale opera ⓘ
hasCharacter Monostatos ⓘ
Pamina ⓘ
Papagena ⓘ
Papageno ⓘ
Queen of the Night ⓘ
Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte ⓘ
surface form: Sarastro

Tamino ⓘ
Three Boys ⓘ
Three Ladies ⓘ
hasInstrumentation classical orchestra with flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and strings ⓘ
hasSymbolicNumber three ⓘ
includes spoken dialogue ⓘ
incorporates Masonic symbolism ⓘ
isAmong most frequently performed operas ⓘ
keyOfOverture E-flat major ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Emanuel Schikaneder ⓘ
musicalStyle combination of popular and serious styles ⓘ
notableAria Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen ⓘ
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön ⓘ
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen ⓘ
O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn ⓘ
Pa-Pa-Pa-Papageno duet ⓘ
notableEnsemble Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen ⓘ
originalPapagenoPerformer Emanuel Schikaneder ⓘ
originalTheatreManager Emanuel Schikaneder ⓘ
partOfRepertoire standard operatic repertoire ⓘ
period Classical era ⓘ
premiereCity Vienna ⓘ
premiereDate 1791-09-30 ⓘ
premierePlace Theater an der Wien ⓘ
surface form: Theater auf der Wieden
publisherOfFirstEdition Johann André ⓘ
setting mythical ancient Egypt ⓘ
structure two acts ⓘ
targetAudienceAtPremiere popular suburban theatre audience ⓘ
theme enlightenment ideals ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ
love and fidelity ⓘ
trials of initiation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart → notableWork → The Magic Flute ⓘ
Sven Nykvist → notableWork → The Magic Flute ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Magic Flute (1975 film)
The Magic Flute → alsoKnownAs → The Magic Flute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Die Zauberflöte