The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) in Full Score

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): La Flauta Mágica. Partitura orquestal.

" . . . it ís the evident quiet approbation which best pleases me! It is apparent that this opera is rising rapidly and steadily in estimation." Mozart, letter to hís wife, October 7-8, 1791

Unfortunately, his tragic death a scant two months later prevented Mozart from ever realizing the full accuracy of this observation made a few performances after the cool reception given The Magic Flute at its Viennese premiere.
In May 1791, Mozart's friend Emanuel Schikaneder commissioned The Magic Flute. In keeping with the popular level of his theater, Schikaneder himself supplied Mozart with the libretto about the rescue of a good fairy's daughter from a wicked magician by a hero armed with a magic flute. After a good deal of the music was written, composer and librettist, both Freemasons, grafting Masonic ideals onto the plot, transformed a simple f airy tale into a moralistic allegory, and a Singspiel into one of the world's greatest operas.
This handsome, moderately priced volume, reprinted directly from an authoritative edition, will enable musicians, music students and opera lovers to gain a fuller appreciation of Mozart's mastery of operatic language, orchestral color and dramatic expression. A helpful feature of this edition is the inclusión of olí the spoken dialogue (often abbreviated).
Unabridged republication of the edition published by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, n.d.

CONTENIDO:

Dramatis personae
Overture
First Act
Second Act