Libretto of The Magic Flute Libretto of The Magic Flute "The Magic Flute" is a celebrated opera composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart employed a libretto written by his close colleague Emanuel Schikaneder, the director of the Theater auf der Wieden at which the opera premiered in the same year. (He also played the role of Papageno). Grout and Williams describe the libretto thus: Schikaneder, a kind of literary magpie, filched characters, scenes, incidents, and situations from others' plays and novels and with Mozart's assistance organized them into a libretto that ranges all the way from buffoonery to high solemnity, from childish faerie
The Magic Flute the music, to Scene 10: The Temple of the Sun" Sarastro announces the sun's triumph over the night, and hails the dawn of a new era of wisdom and brotherhood. Act 1 Act 2 The first recording of "The Magic Flute"s overture was issued around 1901–1903, at the dawn of the recording era, by the Victor Recording Company and played by the Victor Grand Concert Band. The first recording of "The Magic Flute" was of a live performance at the 1937 Salzburg Festival, with Arturo Toscanini conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera. The first studio recording of the