"Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" is an aria from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1791 opera The Magic Flute. The aria takes place in act 1, scene 1, of the opera. Prince Tamino has just been presented by
Schikaneder playing the role of Papageno in The Magic Flute. Engraving by Ignaz Alberti
This published version of the aria gives a piano reduction instead of the orchestral score; it is intended for practice and economical public performance. The music offers a Ukrainian translation as well as the original German.
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Ignaz Alberti was an Austrian illustrator, engraver and book printer. He employed some 20 engravers in 1787 who applied their skills to cartography and botanical books. After his death his widow manag
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
…image of the princess Pamina, and falls instantly in love with her. Libretto Schikaneder playing the role of Papageno in The Magic Flute. Engraving by Ignaz Alberti The words of "Dies Bildnis" were written by Emanuel Schikaneder, a leading man of the theater in Vienna in Mozart's time, who wrote the libretto of the…
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