Q 01/05

Who composed The Magic Flute?

A) Ludwig van Beethoven

B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

C) Antonio Salieri

D) Joseph Haydn

Answer · why

B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

It was his last opera, premiered two months before he died.

Q 02/05

What is the German title of The Magic Flute?

A) Das Rheingold

B) Die Fledermaus

C) Der Freischütz

D) Die Zauberflöte

Answer · why

D) Die Zauberflöte

Its Köchel catalogue number is K. 620.

Q 03/05

Who wrote the libretto of The Magic Flute?

A) Pietro Metastasio

B) Lorenzo Da Ponte

C) Carlo Goldoni

D) Emanuel Schikaneder

Answer · why

D) Emanuel Schikaneder

He also ran the theatre, and played Papageno himself at the premiere.

Q 04/05

The Magic Flute is a Singspiel. What does that form combine?

A) Recitative and dance

B) Singing and spoken dialogue

C) Ballet and chorus

D) Puppetry and song

Answer · why

B) Singing and spoken dialogue

It was a popular German form, unlike Mozart's Italian operas with sung recitative.

Q 05/05

In which year did The Magic Flute premiere?

A) 1786

B) 1795

C) 1781

D) 1791

Answer · why

D) 1791

It opened on 30 September at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna; Mozart died on 5 December.