Soldan, Kurt, ed. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute can rightly be called his most famous opera; for many, it is even the origin of German opera. After a rather modest success at its premiere at the end of September 1791 in Vienna, conducted by Mozart himself, the nearly three-hour work quickly rose in esteem and was performed over 100 times by November of the same year. This edition is based on the autograph and the text edition from 1792. Editor Kurt Soldan did not consider any modifications or subsequently added content.