The Magic Flute (1975 film) stage Bergman had hoped to direct a production at the Malmö City Theater. The origin of his filmed version was in the 1960s, when Magnus Enhörning, head of the Swedish Radio, asked him for possible projects and he replied "I want to do "The Magic Flute" for television". Enhörning readily agreed and supported the project without hesitation. The German-language libretto of "The Magic Flute" was the work of Mozart's collaborator Emanuel Schikaneder, who was also theatre manager and sang Papageno at the first performances in 1791. For the plot, see "The Magic Flute", and for details of the libretto see
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