The Magic Flute (1975 film) a ladder in the wings responding to Papageno's pan flute. Earlier, when Papageno sings his first aria, we see Papagena appear from the rafters, but at this stage, they too have not yet met. During the intermission, Sarastro's priests gather on the stage, readying themselves for the priestly council that will begin the second act. Sarastro himself (Ulrik Cold out of character – he wears glasses) sits reading the score of "Parsifal" (at the time, Cold was rehearsing for a recording of the opera) while the camera pans to a child playing one of Monostatos’ slaves reading a Donald Duck
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague it was only a mixed success at its premiere in Vienna in May 1786. Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro", which premiered in Vienna, was produced in late 1786 in Prague with tremendous success. The reviewer for the Prague newspaper "Oberpostamtzeitung" wrote "No piece (so everyone here asserts) has ever caused such a sensation as the Italian opera "Die Hochzeit des Figaro", which has already been given several times here with unlimited applause." The orchestra and some affiliated music lovers funded a personal visit by Mozart so he could hear the production. Mozart first came to Prague on 11 January