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This is part of a set of six images depicting a 1793 performance in Brno (now in the Czech Republic) of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. This was not the premiere (Vienna 1791), but is the first performance from which documentary images survive.

The triumphal arrival of the high priest Sarastro on a chariot pulled by lions is depicted. The libretto calls for six lions; it is not clear from the image whether the Brno production succeeded in fulfilling this specification.

In the background appear three temples, bearing the German inscriptions "Vernunft", "Weisheit", and "Natur" ("reason", "wisdom", "nature").

In the right foreground is Papageno, identifiable by his feather-textured costume and pipes. The female character at the far left is almost certainly the heroine of the opera, Pamina. There is a chorus of priests and acolytes. Sarastro bears an image of the sun on his breastplate.

The caption reads, "Es lebe Sarastro" ("Long live Sarastro"), the opening words sung by the chorus in this scene; along with designation of Scene 18, Act I.

For more information see source page, [1].

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