EditorialThe Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya. Eishosai Choki; Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s. Date: 1787-1797. Dimensions: 37.5 x 25.9 cm (14 5/8 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialLunette in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera: Scene from " The Magic Flute", opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Both Mozart and the writer Schikaneder were Freemasons and the trials Papageno and Tamino go through are reminiscent of a Mason's...
EditorialScene from the " Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a realistic record of the Vienna Frei-haustheater production of 1791. Both Mozart and writer Schikaneder were Freemasons and the trials of Papageno and Tamino are reminiscent...
EditorialTamino, Pamina and Papageno. Scene from Mozart's opera " The Magic Flute". The engravings were first published in a cultural monthly in Brno, Czech Republic (then Austrian Empire). The Magic Flute was performed in Brno and Olomuc in 1793. Col...