The Magic Flute

A German Comic Opera in two acts

Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

In a simple arrangement for piano by Hans-Günter Heumann

The story told by Monika Heumann

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Editor: Heumann, Hans-Guenter

illustration: Smith, Brigitte

librettist: Schikaneder, Emanuel

narrator: Heumann, Monika

Mozart's best-known opera is now available in the popular series 'Get to Know Classical Masterpieces' in an English edition. Explanations about the composer, the opera, people and contents of the story make it easier to approach this work. Easy to play piano settings of selected arias and choruses enable the music lover to become better acquainted with the work. Selected pictures and illustrations complement the information. The volumes of this series are also well suited for music lessons at schools and music schools.

Content text:

• Biography of the composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• History of the work: The Magic Flute
• Characters
• The Plot
• Oh help me! Oh help me! Or else I must perish
• A bird-catcher is what I am
• This portrait is enchantig fair
• Those men who feel the force of passion
• The power of your magic notes
• That sound is so lovely
• Every good, courageous man needs a set of bells like this
• O Isis and Osiris
• All can feel the joys of loving
• The rage of hell it boils and burns within me
• In these most sacred temples
• A girlfriend or a wife would be Papageno's wish
• Soon, rising to announce the morning

Difficulty: easy