Title

Costume design for Monostatos, 1913. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Costume design for Monostatos, 1913. Monostatos, a Moor in the service of Sarastro, the High Priest of Isis and Osiris. A character in The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote), the opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) with libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812) which was first produced in Vienna in 1791. The plot has overtones of Freemasonry. Some say the Queen of the Night is based on the Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780). Design for a 1913 production at the Paris Opera. From the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

Date

1913

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B85_188

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,6Mb) / 11,1in x 17,5in / 3328 x 5249 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa people black male man men music arts country entertainment French France Moorish Austria guy costume continent clothes weapon weapons color colour African design dress Austrian war opera location century concept classical music dagger warfare tunic fictional character weaponry 18th century 1910s 20th century Eighteenth Century Art Media Magic Flute Monostatos The Magic Flute Unknown Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflote Die Zauberflöte Mozart