On this date in 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart premiered The Magic Flute in Vienna at the suburban Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden. The Magic Flute is an opera comprised of two acts in the Singspiel form (which includes both singing and spoken dialogue.) Mozart died of "severe military fever" less than 3 months after the premiere at the age of 35. Below is the opening scene from Kenneth Branagh's WWI adaptation of The Magic Flute:
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