The Magic Flute (English Wikipedia)

For detailed discussion of sources see Branscombe 1991, as well as Libretto of The Magic Flute. Branscombe, Peter (1991). Die Zauberflöte. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521319164.
I[mperial] & R[oyal] priv[ileged] Wieden Theatre / Today, Friday 30 September 1791. / The actors of the Imperial and Royal privileged Theatre on the Wieden will have the honour to perform / For the first time: / Die Zauberflöte. / A grand opera in 2 acts, by Emanuel Schikaneder. / Characters. / Sarastro. ... Hr. Gerl. / Tamino. ... Hr. Schack. / Speaker. ... Hr. Winter / {First, Second, Third} priest {...} {Hr. Schikaneder the elder. Hr. Kistler. Hr. Moll.} / Queen of the Night ... Mad. Hofer. / Pamina, her daughter. ... Mlle. Gottlieb. / {First, Second, Third} lady. ... {Mlle. Klöpfer. Mlle. Hofmann. Mad. Schack.} / Papageno. ... Hr. Schikaneder the younger. / An old woman [i.e., Papagena]. ... Mad. Gerl. / Monostatos a Moor. ... Hr. Nouseul. / {First, Second, Third} slave. ... {Hr. Gieseke. Hr. Frasel. Hr. Starke.} / Priests, slaves, retinue. / The music is by Herr Wolfgang Amade Mozart, Kapellmeister, an actual I[mperial] and R[oyal] Chamber Composer. Herr Mozart, out of respect for a gracious and honourable public, and from friendship for the author of this piece, will today direct the orchestra in person. / The book of the opera, furnished with two copper-plates, on which is engraved Herr Schikaneder in the costume he wears for the role of Papageno, may be had at the box office for 30 kr[eutzer]. / Herr Gayl, theatre painter, and Herr Nesslthaler as designer, flatter themselves that they have worked with the utmost artistic zeal according to the prescribed plan of the piece. / Prices of admission are as usual. / To begin at 7 o'clock. (According to English translation from Deutsch 1966, pp. 407–408) Deutsch, Otto Erich (1966) [1965]. Mozart: a documentary biography. Translated by Eric Blom, Peter Branscombe and Jeremy Noble (2nd ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804702331.
Branscombe 1991, ch. 2. Branscombe, Peter (1991). Die Zauberflöte. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521319164.
Branscombe 1991, p. 162. Branscombe, Peter (1991). Die Zauberflöte. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521319164.
For extensive discussion of the spread of The Magic Flute and its performance traditions, see Branscombe 1991, ch. 7. Branscombe, Peter (1991). Die Zauberflöte. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521319164.
For discussion and examples, see Branscombe 1991, ch. 7. Branscombe, Peter (1991). Die Zauberflöte. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521319164.
Jacobs, Arthur; Sadie, Stanley (October 21, 1996). The Wordsworth Book of Opera. Wordsworth Editions. ISBN 9781853263705 – via Google Books.
Branscombe 1991, p. 148. Branscombe, Peter (1991). Die Zauberflöte. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521319164.
Branscombe 1991, pp. 145–151. Branscombe, Peter (1991). Die Zauberflöte. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521319164.
Boldrey 1994. Boldrey, Richard (1994). Guide to Operatic Roles & Arias. Dallas: Pst Inc. ISBN 978-1877761645.
Cairns, David (1 January 2006). Mozart and His Operas. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520228986 – via Google Books.
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"The Magic Flute Overture", Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Archived 6 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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Foil, David; Berger, William (2007). The Magic Flute – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emanuel Schikaneder, Carl Ludwig Giesecke. Black Dog & Leventhal Pub. : Distributed by Workman Pub. Co. ISBN 9781579127596. OCLC 145431789.
Buch, David J. (1997). "Mozart and the Theater auf der Wieden: New attributions and perspectives1". Cambridge Opera Journal. 9 (3): 195–232. doi:10.1017/S0954586700004808. ISSN 1474-0621. S2CID 193162027.
Buch, David J. (2005). "Three Posthumous Reports Concerning Mozart in His Late Viennese Years". Eighteenth-Century Music. 2 (1): 125–129. doi:10.1017/S147857060500028X. ISSN 1478-5714. S2CID 162890801.
Freyhan, Michael (2009). The Authentic Magic Flute Libretto: Mozart's Autograph or the First Full Score Edition?. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810869677. OCLC 665842164.
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Joshua Borths (November 22, 2016). The secrets of Mozart's "Magic Flute". Youtube. TED-Ed. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.