Editing Die Entführung aus dem Serail (section)

===Act 1===
[[File:Costume Study for Osmin in the "Abduction from the Seraglio" by W.A. Mozart MET DP830226.jpg|alt=Standing man in Ottoman outfit and long dark beard|thumb|upright|Costume study for Osmin, ca. 1830–50, by Christof Fries, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]]
After a lively overture Belmonte enters, looking for his betrothed, Konstanze, who, with her English servant, Blonde, has fallen into the hands of pirates and been sold to [[Pasha]] Selim (Aria: "{{lang|de|italic=no|Hier soll ich dich denn sehen}}" – "Here surely I must find her").<ref>English titles from ''[http://www.chandos.net/Details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%203081 The Abduction From the Seraglio]'', [[Chandos Records]] CHAN 3081 (2002)</ref> Osmin, the Pasha's bad-tempered servant, comes to pluck [[Common fig|fig]]s in the garden and contemptuously ignores Belmonte's questions (Aria: "{{lang|de|italic=no|Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden}}" – "You may think, you've found a maiden"). Belmonte tries to obtain news of his servant, Pedrillo, who has been captured with the women and is serving as a servant in the Pasha's palace. Osmin replies with insults and abuse (Duet: "{{lang|de|italic=no|Verwünscht seist du samt deinem Liede!}}" – "The devil take you and your song, sir"). Belmonte leaves in disgust. Pedrillo enters and Osmin rages at him, vowing to get him tortured and killed in many different ways (Aria: "{{lang|de|italic=no|Solche hergelaufne Laffen}}" – "These young men who go a-spying"). Osmin leaves and Belmonte enters and happily reunites with Pedrillo. Together, they resolve to rescue Konstanze and Blonde, who is Pedrillo's fiancée (Aria: "{{lang|de|italic=no|Konstanze, Konstanze, dich wiederzusehen … O wie ängstlich}}" – "Konstanze, Konstanze, to see thee again … Oh what trembling").

Accompanied by a chorus of [[Janissaries]] ("{{lang|de|italic=no|Singt dem großen Bassa Lieder}}" – "Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim"), Pasha Selim appears with Konstanze, for whose love he strives in vain (Aria of Konstanze: "{{lang|de|italic=no|Ach ich liebte}}" – "How I loved him"). Pedrillo tricks the Pasha into hiring Belmonte as an architect. When Belmonte and Pedrillo try to enter the palace, Osmin bars their way, but they hurry past him anyway (Terzett: "{{lang|de|italic=no|Marsch! Marsch! Marsch! Trollt euch fort!}}" – "March! March! March! Clear off!").