Title

The temple of Isis and Osiris from The Magic Flute, 1816. Artist: Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Caption

The temple of Isis and Osiris from The Magic Flute, 1816. Stage design by Karl Freidrich Schinkel for The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote), showing the temple of Isis and Osiris where Sarastro was High Priest: The opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) with libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812) was first produced in Vienna in 1791. The plot has overtones of Freemasonry. Some say Queen of the Night is based on the Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780).
Paris, Bibliothèque-musée de l'Opéra

Date

1816

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B85_165

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (3,2Mb) / 16,9in x 11,5in / 5083 x 3447 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature Germany music religious German plant arts star rocks rock night sky country Egypt entertainment religion temple Austria statue color colour stage Egyptian design deity God Austrian opera location century SET stage set goddess 19th century Ancient Egyptian 18th century Eighteenth Century Isis nineteenth century Art Media Magic Flute Osiris The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Emanuel Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflote Karl Friedrich Schinkel Carl Friedrich Schinkel Emanuel Schikaneder Schikaneder Die Zauberflöte Schinkel Karl Friedrich Mozart Emanuel Schikaneder