"Theme from Mozart's Opera ""Die Zauberflöte"" (1822), Frédéric Chopin's Variations on ""Là ci darem la mano"" from ""Don Giovanni"" (1827), and Max Reger's Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart (1914), based on the variation theme in the piano sonata K. 331; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G, ""Mozartiana"" (1887), as a tribute to Mozart. For unambiguous identification of works by Mozart, a ""Köchel catalogue number"" is used. This is a unique number assigned, in regular chronological order, to every one of his known works. A work is referenced by the abbreviation ""K."" or"
"The Magic Flute The Magic Flute (German: ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ""Singspiel"", a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work was premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before the composer's premature death. In this opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high"
"The Magic Flute (musical) The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo) is a musical theatre work adapted from the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera of the same title by Mark Dornford-May, with words and music by Mandisi Dyantyis, Mbali Kgosidintsi, Pauline Malefane and Nolufefe Mtshabe. Mozart's score is transposed for an orchestra of marimbas, drums and township percussion. The musical, set in contemporary South Africa, re-interprets the story from a South African perspective, telling of Prince Tamino's quest to rescue Pamina (both of them are Xhosa-speaking teenagers), daughter of the Queen of the Night, from the Priest of the Sun. The musical premiered"
"many European cities: Berlin, Brno, Budapest, Český Krumlov, Dresden, Florence, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kroměříž, Linz, Munich, Nová Říše, Paris, Prague and Vienna. His research has received international attention owing to the discovery of new attributions to Mozart in Emanuel Schikaneder's collaborative opera ""Der Stein der Weisen oder Die Zauberinsel"" (Vienna, 1790). His thoroughgoing study of the theatrical tradition in which Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"" originated has led him to new interpretations of the libretto, notably skepticism to the widely held view that ""The Magic Flute"" is specifically a Masonic opera (see Libretto of The Magic Flute). In 1998 he was named"
"Times"" said that the work ""gets right to the heart of the opera's humanist message"". The Magic Flute (musical) The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo) is a musical theatre work adapted from the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera of the same title by Mark Dornford-May, with words and music by Mandisi Dyantyis, Mbali Kgosidintsi, Pauline Malefane and Nolufefe Mtshabe. Mozart's score is transposed for an orchestra of marimbas, drums and township percussion. The musical, set in contemporary South Africa, re-interprets the story from a South African perspective, telling of Prince Tamino's quest to rescue Pamina (both of them are Xhosa-speaking teenagers), daughter"
"The Magic Flute (2006 film) The Magic Flute is Kenneth Branagh's English-language film version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's singspiel ""Die Zauberflöte"". The film is a co-production between France & the UK, produced by Idéale Audience and in association with UK's Peter Moores Foundation. In November 2005, it was announced that, as part of the 250th anniversary celebration of Mozart's birthday, a new film version of ""The Magic Flute"", set during World War I, was to be made, directed by Kenneth Branagh, with a translation by Stephen Fry. The film was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September"
"opera singers, ""Doch wir wollen dir ihn zeigen/Und du wirst..."", is a quote from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera or singspiel ""The Magic Flute"" (""Die Zauberflöte)"", Act II Scene 27, in its original form only a mere second in duration, 3 bars long, in 6/8 time, usually sung by three young boys or ""genii"". The full sentence goes: ""Doch wir wollen dir ihn zeigen, und du wirst mit Staunen sehn, daß er dir sein Herz geweiht"". Translated: ""Still we want to show him to you, and you will with astonishment see that he consecrates his heart to you"". In 1981 Alice"
"work, with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, was completed in 1938. Both of these historic recordings have been reissued on modern recording media. Since then there have been many recordings, in both audio and video formats. The opera has inspired a great number of sequels, adaptations, novels, films, and other works of art. For a listing, see ""Works inspired by The Magic Flute"". The Magic Flute The Magic Flute (German: ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a"
"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"
"has sung the line ""Soll die Empfindung Liebe sein?"" (""Could this feeling be love?""), the clarinets and bassoons twice play the answer to him, ""Ja, ja"", which Tamino then sings in the same rhythm. The key of the aria is E-flat major. This is the home key of ""The Magic Flute"" (the opera begins and ends in this key), but this may have nothing to do with Mozart's key choice. Branscombe suggests instead that Mozart tailored the music (his normal practice) to the singer who premiered it, his friend the composer/tenor Benedikt Schack, specifically setting the key so that the"
"Mozart"" (1954), ""The House of Three Girls"" (1958), ""The Cardinal"" (1963) and ""The Salzburg Festival"" (Tony Palmer, 2006). Wilma Lipp Wilma Lipp (born 26 April 1925 in Vienna) is an Austrian operatic soprano, particularly associated with Mozart roles, especially Konstanze in ""Die Entführung aus dem Serail"" and the Queen of the Night in ""Die Zauberflöte"". Wilma Lipp possessed a pure, supple high-soprano voice with an accurate coloratura technique and a so-called ""white"" tone. Her career, which began in soubrette and high coloratura roles, later progressed to more lyrical ones such as Ilia, Countess Almaviva, Pamina, Eva, Musetta, Martha, Violetta, etc."
"English, and the performances are surtitled in both English and French. In recent years the festival has drawn an audience of 2,500-3,000 to the town, including large numbers who travel from England. The 2019 season will feature performances of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) (Mozart), Il trovatore (Verdi) and Alfonso und Estrella (Schubert). The opera is noted for its authentic performances, with a full orchestra and chorus in support of fully staged productions. The festival has increasingly attracted soloists from across Europe and beyond. Singers have gone on to win prizes including the Kathleen Ferrier Award and positions in the"
"parody of one of Mozart's own operas, Emanuel Schikaneder asks Mozart to write an opera for his theater. Mozart, desperate for money, obliges, despite Constanze's insistence that he finish the Requiem Mass. The couple fight and Constanze leaves with their young son, Karl. Mozart collapses during a performance of his finished work, ""The Magic Flute"". Salieri takes him home and offers his assistance on the Requiem. Salieri transcribes Mozart's verbal commands, and they work through the night. The next morning, a gravely ill Mozart apologizes to Salieri for his previous behavior. A guilty Constanze returns home and locks the unfinished"
"Orfeo ed Euridice The opera is the most popular of Gluck's works, and was one of the most influential on subsequent German operas. Variations on its plot—the underground rescue-mission in which the hero must control, or conceal, his emotions—can be found in Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"", Beethoven's ""Fidelio"", and Wagner's ""Das Rheingold"". Though originally set to an Italian libretto, ""Orfeo ed Euridice"" owes much to the genre of French opera, particularly in its use of accompanied recitative and a general absence of vocal virtuosity. Indeed, twelve years after the 1762 premiere, Gluck re-adapted the opera to suit the tastes of"
"Bach and variations for soprano coloratura. In this recording Philippe Jaroussky sings Orfeo and Amanda Forsythe is Euridice. Notes Sources Orfeo ed Euridice The opera is the most popular of Gluck's works, and was one of the most influential on subsequent German operas. Variations on its plot—the underground rescue-mission in which the hero must control, or conceal, his emotions—can be found in Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"", Beethoven's ""Fidelio"", and Wagner's ""Das Rheingold"". Though originally set to an Italian libretto, ""Orfeo ed Euridice"" owes much to the genre of French opera, particularly in its use of accompanied recitative and a general"
"Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön """" (This image is enchantingly lovely) is an aria from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1791 opera ""The Magic Flute"". The aria takes place in act 1, scene 1, of the opera. Prince Tamino has just been presented by the Three Ladies with an image of the princess Pamina, and falls instantly in love with her. The words of ""Dies Bildnis"" were written by Emanuel Schikaneder, a leading man of the theater in Vienna in Mozart's time, who wrote the libretto of the opera as well as running the troupe that premiered it and playing the role"
"Sergei Prokofiev, a symphonic fairy-tale for children, as well as Bastien und Bastienne, a comic opera composed by Mozart. In 1985, the theatre staged another one of Mozart's works: The Magic Flute. The opera was adapted for marionettes by Walter Oehmichens son-in-law, Hanns-Joachim Marschall. In the course of the adaption, Marschall slightly changed the opera, cutting out long arias. He also engaged actors with trained singing voices to speak and sing the parts of the characters. Thus, every puppet had a double cast: a manipulator and a speaker. The same strategy was used for the adaption of Mozart’s The Abduction"
"2018; the ""Opera"" reviewer noted the ""pin-sharp visuals and dynamic sound, highlighting the spatial care with which Bergman matches music to word and image"". The restoration was coupled with ""In Mozart's Footsteps"" (Dunn, 1938), the animation ""Papageno"" (Reiniger, 1935), and ""On Such a Night"" (Asquith, 1955). The Magic Flute (1975 film) The Magic Flute () is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Mozart's opera ""Die Zauberflöte"". It was intended as a television production and was first shown on Swedish television on 1 January 1975, but was followed by a cinema release later that year. The work is widely viewed as"
"Works inspired by The Magic Flute ""The Magic Flute"", an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, was composed in 1791 and premiered to great success. It has been an important part of the operatic repertory ever since, and has inspired a great number of sequels, adaptations, novels, films, artwork, and musical compositions. There are two sequels named ""The Magic Flute Part Two"". The first is a fragment by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which was intended to be set to music by Paul Wranitzky. The second was sponsored by Emanuel Schikaneder himself, the opera, ""Das Labyrinth oder"
"and produces with student specialists (from Drama or Art). Opera Gold was formed to give the singing students something to 'work towards' as concerts staged by the department were instrumental or choral/instrumental with soloists being externally hired. Opera Gold reversed this trend and is now preparing its 12th original language production. The 2014 production was the first repeat in Opera Gold's history Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with more extensive original dialogue. It is part of the philosophy of Opera Gold to produce opera in original languages to prepare the singers for the vocal parts and really engage with the works and"
"The Magic Flute discography The following is a partial discography of the opera ""The Magic Flute"" (""Die Zauberflöte"") by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was composed and first performed in 1791, the year of the composer's death. Since the first complete recordings in 1937, the opera has been recorded many times. In the list below, ""Year"" indicates the date of the original recording. Most of these recordings have had multiple reissues, and in some cases are currently available on more than one label. The label information provided is usually the most recent issue of the recording, and where possible the release"
"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe admired the work sufficiently to undertake writing a sequel. 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"
"date has been provided. Notes Sources The Magic Flute discography The following is a partial discography of the opera ""The Magic Flute"" (""Die Zauberflöte"") by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was composed and first performed in 1791, the year of the composer's death. Since the first complete recordings in 1937, the opera has been recorded many times. In the list below, ""Year"" indicates the date of the original recording. Most of these recordings have had multiple reissues, and in some cases are currently available on more than one label. The label information provided is usually the most recent issue of the"
"Mozart's ""Abduction from the Seraglio"" in April and May 1789. Starting in 1789, Schikaneder's company staged a series of fairy tale operas. These included ""Der Stein der Weisen"" (""The Philosopher's Stone""), a collaboratively written work to which Mozart contributed a small portion of the music (see Benedikt Schack). The fairy tale series culminated with the premiere in September 1791 of Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"". The latter was a success, and played for over 100 performances in its first year alone, 223 over the life of the theater. It gave rise to a sequel by Schikaneder and Peter von Winter (1798)"
"O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn """" (""Oh, tremble not, my dear son"") is the first aria performed by the Queen of the Night (a famous soprano coloratura part) in Mozart's singspiel ""The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)"". It is not as well known as the Queen's second aria, ""Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"", though no less demanding; the aria requires a soprano coloratura with extremely high tessitura and great vocal flexibility. The role of Queen of the Night demands a range that until Mozart's time was almost never called for, and this opened the door for later composers"
"Mozart! Mozart! is an Austrian musical, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show is a new imagining of the struggles of the famous composer. The original production was directed by the opera director Harry Kupfer. It premiered on October 2, 1999, in the Theater an der Wien, and the final performance was on 7 May 2001. It ran for 419 performances, showing to approximately 420,000 patrons. The production appealed especially to younger Viennese audiences. Subsequent productions have been mounted in: The"
"Act I called “Das klinget so herrlich”, in Italian either translating to ""O dolce concento"", ""O dolce armonia"", or, as Sor chose to use, ""O cara armonia"". This last translation was also used in the vocal score of ""The Magic Flute"" published in Birchall, London in around 1813. Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart (Sor) Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9, is one of Fernando Sor's most famous works for guitar. It was first published in London in 1821 and dedicated to Sor's brother Carlos. The title page of the first edition reads “As"
"took place in Graz, Austria in the German language: it was titled the ""Prófétakeringő"" (""Prophetenwalzer"" / ""The Prophet’s Waltz""). After that many of his dramas were played in Graz, Austria. This is the city where his creation titled ""Liselotte és a május"" (""Liselotte und der Mai"" / ""Liselotte in May"") and ""Boldog bolondok"" (""Mozart und Konstanze oder Die liebenden Verrückten"" / ""Merry madmen"") started its series of sensation abroad. ""Liselotte in May"" is the author's most performed play abroad; it has been translated into the English, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Romanian, French, Norwegian, Serbian, Croatian, and Hindi languages. Between 1999 and 2015,"
"Der Messias Der Messias, K. 572, is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1789 German-language version of ""Messiah"", George Frideric Handel's 1741 oratorio. On the initiative of Gottfried van Swieten, Mozart adapted Handel's work for performances in Vienna. The libretto of Mozart's adaptation was largely based on Luther's translation of the Bible. Mozart re-orchestrated about three-fifths of Handel's composition, primarily providing additional parts for an extended section of wind instruments, which was called ""Harmonie"" at the time. In general, a half-century after the inception of the work, Mozart adapted an English-language work conceived for a baroque orchestra in a public venue, to accommodate"
"The Magic Flute (1975 film) The Magic Flute () is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Mozart's opera ""Die Zauberflöte"". It was intended as a television production and was first shown on Swedish television on 1 January 1975, but was followed by a cinema release later that year. The work is widely viewed as one of the most successful films of an opera ever made, and as an unusual item in the director's oeuvre. Although Bergman carried out the project in his mid-50s, it was rooted in his youth. He first saw ""The Magic Flute"" at the Royal Opera in"
"as well as in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, France, and England. The London premiere took place in 1783 at the King's Theatre where Anfossi had been engaged as the music director and was presented in a two-act version. The opera was performed in Hanover and Bad Pyrmont in 1790 using a German translation of the libretto entitled ""Der Geizige oder Die Liebe ist sinnreich"" (""The Miser, or Love is Ingenious""). There was a French version entitled ""Le Tuteur avare"" (""The Miserly Tutor"") with a very freely adapted libretto by Jean-Louis Gabiot and additional music composed by Giuseppe Maria Cambini."
"rarely performed in translation. Exceptions include the English National Opera, the Opera Theater of St. Louis, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, and Opera South East, which favor English translations. Another exception are opera productions intended for a young audience, such as Humperdinck's ""Hansel and Gretel"" and some productions of Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"". Outside the US, and especially in Europe, most opera houses receive public subsidies from taxpayers. In Milan, Italy, 60% of La Scala's annual budget of €115 million is from ticket sales and private donations, with the remaining 40% coming from public funds. In 2005, La Scala received 25%"
"the film a mixed review. ""Total Film"" mistakenly blamed Mozart for the ""silliness of the story"". In 2009, three years after the release of the film, Roger Lanser, who has photographed several other Kenneth Branagh-directed films, received a Cinematographer of the Year Award from the Australian Cinematographers Society for his work on ""The Magic Flute"". The Magic Flute (2006 film) The Magic Flute is Kenneth Branagh's English-language film version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's singspiel ""Die Zauberflöte"". The film is a co-production between France & the UK, produced by Idéale Audience and in association with UK's Peter Moores Foundation. In November"