The Magic Flute and drives him off. Pamina begs Sarastro to forgive her mother and he reassures her that revenge and cruelty have no place in his domain (Aria: ""). "Scene 4: A hall in the Temple of Ordeal" Tamino and Papageno are led in by priests, who remind them that they must remain silent. Papageno complains of thirst. An old woman enters and offers Papageno a cup of water. He drinks and teasingly asks whether she has a boyfriend. She replies that she does and that his name is Papageno. She disappears as Papageno asks for her name, and the three child-spirits
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague as both a composer and a performer. The great success of this visit generated a commission from the impresario Pasquale Bondini for another opera, which like "The Marriage of Figaro" was to have a libretto by Mozart's great collaborator Lorenzo Da Ponte. Mozart came to Prague for the second time to help supervise the first performance of his opera "Don Giovanni". He arrived on 4 October 1787 and stayed until 12 or 13 November. The premiere of the opera was supposed to have taken place on 15 October, but could not be arranged until 29 October 1787. The work was