...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 premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.
The opera was premiered in Vienna on 30 September 1791 at the suburban Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden. Mozart conducted the orchestra, Schikaneder himself played Papageno, while the role of the Queen of the Night was sung by Mozart's sister-in-law
Josepha Weber Hofer.
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VIDEO: Presentation for childern by the Vienna State Opera.
With:
Hans Peter Kammerer - Papageno
Arnold Bezuyen - Tamino
Genia Kühmeier - Pamina
Marlis Petersen - Queen of the Night
Ileana Tonca - Papagena
Herwig Pecoraro - Monostatos
Walter Fink - Sarastro
Three Wiener Sängerknaben
Ioan Holender - Tree
And the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Seiji Ozawa
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