Libretto of The Magic Flute [His portrayal of Pamina] is one more example of the thread that runs through the operas – what Daniel Heartz has called Mozart's "infinite care to create strong and deeply moving female characters in [...] all of his operas." Mainstream scholarship views Schikaneder as the highly probable author. For a marginally-supported alternative candidate, see "Karl Ludwig Giesecke". It is not uncommon for critics to describe the libretto of "The Magic Flute" as being of dreadful quality. Thus Bauman writes, "The libretto has been generally regarded, in Dent's words, as "one of the most absurd specimens of that form of literature
The Nose (opera) at that house, and in 2018 at the Sydney Opera House and in Berlin. Flute (doubling piccolo, alto flute), oboe (doubling cor anglais), B-flat clarinet (doubling piccolo clarinet, A clarinet, bass clarinet), bassoon (doubling contrabassoon), horn, trumpet (doubling cornet), trombone, triangle, tambourine, castanets, tom-tom, ratchet, cymbals, bass drum, snare drum, tam-tam, glockenspiel, tubular bells, xylophone, flexatone, small domras, alto domras, two balalaikas, two harps, piano, and strings. The cast requires 82 singing/speaking parts, usually sung by about 14 performers. Opera in 3 acts and 10 scenes, without intermission St Petersburg. Kovalev, a Collegiate Assessor is being shaved by Ivan Yakovlevich