Editing The Magic Flute (section)

==Roles==
[[File:Zauberflöte-Theaterzettel1791.jpg|thumb|Playbill for the premiere{{efn| I[mperial] & R[oyal] priv[ileged] Wieden Theatre / Today, Friday 30 September 1791. / The actors of the Imperial and Royal privileged Theatre on the Wieden will have the honour to perform / ''For the first time'': / Die Zauberflöte. / A grand opera in 2 acts, by Emanuel Schikaneder. / ''Characters.'' / Sarastro. ... Hr. Gerl. / Tamino. ... Hr. Schack. / Speaker. ... Hr. Winter / {First, Second, Third} priest {...} {Hr. Schikaneder the elder. Hr. Kistler. Hr. Moll.} / Queen of the Night ... Mad. Hofer. / Pamina, her daughter. ... Mlle. Gottlieb. / {First, Second, Third} lady. ... {Mlle. Klöpfer. Mlle. Hofmann. Mad. Schack.} / Papageno. ... Hr. Schikaneder the younger. / An old woman [i.e., Papagena]. ... Mad. Gerl. / Monostatos a Moor. ... Hr. Nouseul. / {First, Second, Third} slave. ... {Hr. Gieseke. Hr. Frasel. Hr. Starke.} / Priests, slaves, retinue. / The music is by Herr Wolfgang Amade Mozart, Kapellmeister, an actual I[mperial] and R[oyal] Chamber Composer. Herr Mozart, out of respect for a gracious and honourable public, and from friendship for the author of this piece, will today direct the orchestra in person. / The book of the opera, furnished with two copper-plates, on which is engraved Herr Schikaneder in the costume he wears for the role of Papageno, may be had at the box office for 30 kr[eutzer]. / Herr Gayl, theatre painter, and Herr Nesslthaler as designer, flatter themselves that they have worked with the utmost artistic zeal according to the prescribed plan of the piece. / Prices of admission are as usual. / To begin at 7 o'clock. (According to English translation from {{harvnb|Deutsch|1966|pp=407–408}})}}]]
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|+ {{sronly|Roles, voice types as originally written and contemporary classification, premiere cast}}
!Role
![[Voice type]]<ref>[http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/objs/ed/ucb09_73_2.jpg Score (roles)], ''[[Neue Mozart-Ausgabe]]''</ref>
!Contemporary<br />classification<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Magic-Flute|title=The Magic Flute|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica|author=Betsy Schwarm}}</ref>
!Premiere cast, 30 September 1791<br />[[Conducting|Conductor]]: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|-
|Tamino
| colspan="2"|[[tenor]]
|[[Benedikt Schack]]
|-
|Papageno
|[[Bass (voice type)|bass]]
|[[baritone]]
|[[Emanuel Schikaneder]]
|-
|Pamina
| colspan="2"|[[soprano]]
|[[Anna Gottlieb]]
|-
|The Queen of the Night{{efn|The Queen is sometimes referred to by the name "Astrifiammante", an Italian translation of the German adjective "sternflammende" ("star-blazing") in the original libretto}}
|soprano
|[[coloratura soprano]]
|[[Josepha Weber|Josepha Hofer]]
|-
|Sarastro
| colspan="2"|bass
|[[Franz Xaver Gerl]]
|-
|Three ladies
|3 sopranos
|sopranos, [[mezzo-soprano]]
|M<sup>lle</sup> Klöpfer, M<sup>lle</sup> Hofmann, Elisabeth{{sfn|Branscombe|1991|page=148}} Schack
|-
|Monostatos
|tenor
|baritone
|[[Johann Joseph Nouseul]]
|-
| Three boys
|soprano{{efn|The three child-spirits are often portrayed by young [[Treble voice|boy singers]] but also sometimes by mature women, particularly in studio recordings}}
|treble, alto, mezzo-soprano
|[[Emanuel Schikaneder#Family|Anna Schikaneder]]; Anselm Handelgruber; Franz Anton Maurer
|-
|Speaker of the temple
|bass
|[[bass-baritone]]
|Herr Winter
|-
|First Priest
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |tenor
| rowspan="2" |Johann Michael Kistler
|-
|First armoured man
|-
|Second Priest
| colspan="2" |bass
|[[Emanuel Schikaneder#Early life and family|Urban Schikaneder]]
|-
|Third Priest
|speaking role
|bass
| rowspan="2" |Herr Moll
|-
|Second armoured man
| colspan="2" |bass
|-
|Papagena
| colspan="2"|soprano
|[[Franz Xaver Gerl#Family|Barbara Gerl]]
|-
|Three slaves
|speaking roles
|bass, 2 tenors
|[[Karl Ludwig Giesecke]], Herr Frasel, Herr Starke
|-
| colspan="4"|''Priests, women, people, slaves, chorus''
|}

The names of the performers at the premiere are taken from [[:File:Zauberflöte-Theaterzettel1791.jpg|a preserved playbill for this performance]] (at right), which does not give full names; "Hr."&nbsp;=&nbsp;Herr, Mr.; "Mme."&nbsp;=&nbsp;Madame, Mrs.; "Mlle."&nbsp;=&nbsp;Mademoiselle, Miss.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://opera.stanford.edu/Mozart/Zauberflote/synopsis.html|title=Synopsis: Die Zauberflöte|website=opera.stanford.edu}}</ref>{{sfn|Branscombe|1991|pp=145–151}}

While the female roles in the opera are assigned to different [[voice type]]s, the playbill for the premiere performance referred to all of the female singers as "sopranos". The casting of the roles relies on the actual [[vocal range]] of the part.{{sfn|Boldrey|1994}}