Title

Fire and Water, The Magic Flute, 1816. Artist: Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Caption

Fire and Water, The Magic Flute, 1816. Stage design by Karl Freidrich Schinkel for The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote), showing fire and water, two of the ordeals that Tamino, the hero, had to undergo before being received by Sarastro the High Priest in the temple of Isis and Osiris. 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_167

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,5Mb) / 17,0in x 11,5in / 5086 x 3437 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany water music religious German arts country Egypt entertainment religion temple Austria statue fire color colour stage Egyptian design deity God Austrian opera location century SET concept stage set goddess 19th century Ancient Egyptian 18th century Eighteenth Century Isis nineteenth century Art Media Magic Flute ordeal Osiris The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflote Karl Friedrich Schinkel Carl Friedrich Schinkel Die Zauberflöte Schinkel Karl Friedrich Mozart