O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn most demanding in operatic repertoire. In the preceding scene, Prince Tamino was shown a portrait of the Queen's daughter Pamina and fell instantly in love with her, singing of his feelings in the aria "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön". The Queen then makes a dramatic entrance, preceded by the Three Ladies calling to Tamino "Sie kommt! Sie kommt!" ("[Here] she comes!"). The grand entrance music for the Queen is in B-flat, marked "Allegro maestoso", with the following stage direction: Not all modern productions adhere to this prescription. In the aria, the Queen first quiets Tamino's fears and attempts to befriend
Mozart and the Wolf Gang Mozart and the Wolf Gang Mozart and the Wolf Gang is a 1991 novel by Anthony Burgess about the life and world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Published in the UK under this title, in the US it was published as "On Mozart: A Paean for Wolfgang, Being a Celestial Colloquy, an Opera Libretto, a Film Script, a Schizophrenic Dialogue, a Bewildered Rumination". Among other things, it attempts to fictionalize Mozart's Symphony No.40. This is one of numerous Burgess books in which music figures prominently, others being "A Vision of Battlements"; "The Worm and the Ring"; "The Malayan Trilogy"; "A Clockwork