<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> German </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Premiere </Th> <Td> 30 September 1791 (1791 - 09 - 30) Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna </Td> </Tr> <P> The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder . The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue . The work premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus - Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before the composer's premature death . </P> <P> In the opera the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seeks to join it . Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished . The earthy Papageno, who accompanies Tamino on his quest, fails the trials completely but is rewarded anyway with the hand of his ideal female companion Papagena . </P>

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