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Mozart - Freemason
Mozart wrote many works intended as part of Masonic practice. There are elements within Flute that can be seen as symbolic of Masonry, but the issue has not been settled.
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Opera Synopsis - Mozart's The Magic Flute.
The Magic Flute - Die Zauberflöte - by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) with librettist, Emanuel Schikaneder, premiered on Vienna in September 30, 1791.
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Opera Guide– Das Heimchen am Herd
Characters, synopsis, and history of the Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark's opera The Cricket on the Hearth (Das Heimchen am Herd), based on the novella by Dickens.
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Im Herbst, da Muss Man Trinken
Analysis of the structure, history, and purpose in the story of "Im Herbst, da muss man trinken," the drinking song (quartet, later quintet and chorus) from Der Vampyr.
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Opera Guide– Königskinder (The Royal Children)
Guide and synopsis for Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Königskinder (Children of Kings), which premiered in 1910.
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Opera Guide– Der Vampyr, by Heinrich Marschner
Characters and plot summary for the opera Der Vampyr (The Vampire) by Heinrich August Marschner, with a libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück based on "The Vampyre."
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Opera Guide– Hans Heiling, by Heinrich Marschner
Characters and plot summary for the opera Hans Heiling by Heinrich August Marschner, with a libretto based on German folk tales by Eduard Devrient.
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Opera Guide– The Templar and the Jewess
Characters and plot summary for the opera Der Templer und die Jüdin (The Templar and the Jewess), by Heinrich August Marschner, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe.
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Kurt Weill The Three Penny Opera
The Three Penny Opera, a German satire by composer Kurt Weill: opera plot summary, character list, and other Weill opera information.
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Alban Berg Opera Wozzeck
Wozzeck, a German musical opera by Alban Berg: opera plot summary, character list, and other Berg opera information.
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Alban Berg Opera Lulu
Lulu, a German opera by Alban Berg: opera plot summary, character list, and other Berg opera information.
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Carl Maria von Weber Opera Euryanthe
Romantic opera Euryanthe by German composer Carl Maria von Weber: plot synopsis, character list, and other Weber opera information.
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Richard Strauss Opera Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos, a German lyric comedy by Richard Strauss: opera plot summary, character list, and other Strauss opera information.
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Richard Wagner Opera Parsifal
Parsifal, a German opera by Richard Wagner. Opera plot synopsis, character list, and other opera information.
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Wagner Opera Die Meistersinger
The Master Singers of Nuremberg, a comic German opera by Richard Wagner. Opera plot summary, character list, and other Wagner opera information.
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Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus (The Bat), a German operetta by Johann Strauss II. Die Fledermaus opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Strauss II operetta information.
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Richard Wagner Opera Lohengrin
Lohengrin, a romantic German opera by Wagner in three acts. Lohengrin opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Richard Strauss Opera Capriccio
Capriccio, a German opera by Richard Strauss: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Richard Strauss opera information.
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Richard Strauss Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Die Frau Ohne Schatten, a German comedy opera by Richard Strauss: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Richard Strauss opera information.
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Richard Strauss Opera Arabella
Arabella, a German comedy opera by Richard Strauss: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Richard Strauss opera information.
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Wagner Opera Tannhäuser
Tannhäuser, a Romantic German opera by Richard Wagner. This article gives a Tannhäuser opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Wagner Opera The Flying Dutchman
Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), a romantic German opera by Richard Wagner. The opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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Schoenberg Opera Moses and Aron
Moses und Aron (Moses and Aron,) a German opera by Arnold Schoenberg: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Schoenberg opera information.
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Johann Strauss II: The Gypsy Baron
Die Zigeunerbaron, a German operetta by Johann Strauss II. The Gypsy Baron opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Strauss II operetta information.
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Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde, a German opera by Richard Wagner. Tristan and Isolde opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.
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