Libretto
Emanuel Schikaneder
Premiere
30 September 1791, Vienna (Freihaustheater auf der Wieden)
Cast
SARASTRO (bass)
TAMINO (tenor)
Speaker (bass)
FIRST PRIEST (bass)
SECOND PRIEST (tenor)
THIRD PRIEST (spoken role)
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (soprano)
PAMINA (soprano)
FIRST LADY (soprano)
SECOND LADY (mezzo-soprano)
THIRD LADY (contralto)
THREE BOYS (soprano)
PAPAGENA (soprano)
PAPAGENO (baritone)
MONOSTATOS (tenor)
FIRST MAN IN ARMOUR (tenor)
SECOND MAN IN ARMOUR (bass)
CHORUS
priests, slaves, Sarastro's subjects
Place
Time
Once upon a time