NPR World of Opera - Mozart Meets The Masons: 'The Magic Flute'

Fri, 8 Jan 2021 12:45:03 GMT

Opera lovers have long been in the same position when it comes to The Magic Flute. Both Mozart and the opera's librettist, Emanuel Schikaneder, were devoted Freemasons, at a time when the Masonic order was frowned upon by the authorities and mistrusted by the public. Its meetings were