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Souvenir de Dr. Jamain 

"THE MAGIC FLUTE" ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
by Judith Eckelmeyer


​Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Drawing of Mozart in silverpoint, made by Dora Stock during Mozart's visit to Dresden, April 1789.

​​Librettists: Emanuel Schikaneder, Karl Ludwig Giesecke, and likely others. 
​Libretto published 1791 by Ignaz Alberti, Vienna
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Emanuel Schikaneder circa 1784
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Karl Ludwig Giesecke

​Location: Theater auf der Wieden, outside the walls of Vienna
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Theater auf der Wieden

Date of Premiere: September 30, 1791
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Playbill for Original Production

Stage Director: Karl Ludwig Giesecke
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Portrait of Carl Ludwig Giesecke by Sir Henry Raeburn, ca. 1813

CHARACTERS AND PERFORMERS IN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
 
Sarastro (bass), leader of the Initiates in the Temple of Isis and Osiris: Franz Xaver Gerl

Tamino (tenor), a prince:  Benedikt Schack
            
Speaker in the Temple of Wisdom (bass): Mr. Winter

First Priest in the Temple of Wisdom (bass): Urban Schikaneder (elder brother of Emanuel)

Second Priest in the Temple of Wisdom (tenor): Johann Michael Kistler

Third Priest in the Temple of Wisdom (speaking role): Christian Hieronymus Moll

Queen of the Night (soprano): Josepha Hofer, sister of Mozart’s wife Constanze

Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night (soprano): Anna Gottlieb

First Lady (soprano): Miss Klöpfer

Second Lady (soprano): Miss Hofmann

Third Lady (alto): Elizabeth Schack, wife of Benedikt Schack

Papageno (baritone): Emanuel Schikaneder

An Old Woman (Papagena) (soprano): Barbara Gerl, wife of Franz Xaver Gerl

Monostatos, Pamina’s overseer in Sarastro’s realm (tenor): Johann Joseph Nouseul

First Slave: Karl Ludwig Giesecke (aka Georg Metzler)

Second Slave: Wilhelm Frasel

Third Slave: Johann Nikolaus Starke

First Boy (soprano): Anna (Nannette) Schikaneder, Urban’s daughter

Second Boy (soprano): Young Tuscher      
  
Third Boy (alto): Young Handelgruber
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Chorus of Slaves, Priests, and Followers of Sarastro


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The Magic Flute, II,28.
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"(Die Liebe) mag den Weg mit Rosen streun, weil Rosen stets bei Dornen sein"
"(Love) may strew the path with roses, because roses always come with thorns"
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  • Home
  • N - The Magic Flute
    • Plot
    • Original Production
    • Key Relationships
    • "Magic Flute" Overview Essay
    • Freemasons and Rosicrucians
  • NE - Welcome!
  • E - Other Music
    • A Few Little Words About the Motet
    • Facts and Fun about Madrigals
    • The Mass
    • Origins and Flourishing of the Concerto
    • What is a Requiem?
    • 3 Lenten Works
    • Haydn: A Tribute
    • Allegri: Miserere
    • Bach: Cantata 4
    • Bach: Cantata 8
    • Bach: Chaconne in D minor
    • Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe
    • Bach: Motet 6
    • Bach: Prelude and Fuge in B-minor
    • Bach: Passion According to St. John
    • Brahms: A German Requiem
    • Durufle: Requiem
    • Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
    • Faure: Requiem
    • Handel: Christmas Portion of Messiah
    • Liszt: Évocation à la Chapelle Sistine"
    • Poulenc: Quatre Motets
    • Program Notes: 11-20-09
    • Program Notes: 11-16-12
    • Program Notes: 4-18-14
    • Program Notes: 11-21-14
    • Program Notes: 4-3-15
    • Program Notes: 3-25-16
    • Program Notes: 4-14-17
  • SE - Original Compositions
    • Trinity "Hodie" Service
    • "Peace I Leave With You"
    • "The Road Not Taken"
    • "Epiphany"
  • S - Roses
    • Introduction
    • Sources for Old Roses
    • Useful and Interesting Rose Books
    • Around the Garden
    • 2012 Rose Garden
    • BOURBON
    • CENTIFOLIA
    • DAMASK
    • FLORIBUNDA
    • GROUND
    • HYBRID MUSK
    • HYBRID PERPETUAL
    • NOISETTE
    • OLD SHRUB
    • PIMPINELLIFOLIA HYBRID
    • POLYANTHA
    • PORTLAND
    • RUGOSA
  • SW - Chamber Music
    • 9/98 Oberlin Baroque Ensemble
    • 10/93 London Baroque
    • 4/92 Shura Cherkassky
    • 3/92 The Castle Trio
    • 3/89 Schotten-Collier Duo
    • 1/89 The Colorado Quartet
    • 10/88 Talich String Quartet
    • 9/87 The Mozartean Players
    • 11/86 Philomel
    • 4/86 The Berlin Piano Trio
    • 2/86 Ivan Moravec
  • W - Other Mozart
    • Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
    • Mozart: Church Sonatas
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
    • Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
    • Mozart: Magnificat from Vesperae de Dominica
    • Mozart: Requiem
    • Mozart's Requiem and Freemasonry
    • Sampling of Solo and Chamber Works from Youth to Full Maturity
    • Two Works of Mozart: Mass in C and Sinfonia Concertante
    • Mozart: Mass in C, K.317 "Coronation"
  • NW - Kaleidoscope
    • Whimsy >
      • Egg Art
      • Exceptional Artifacts
      • Garden Ephemera
      • Musical Rarities
      • Nature
      • Reading Recommendations
      • Travel
    • Alfred Whittaker Introduction >
      • Alfred Whittaker CV
      • Alfred Whittaker Essays
    • Multidisciplinarity in Education and Research
  • Contact