Die Zauberflöte. Oper und Mysterium
| Author | Jan Assmann |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
| Subject | The Magic Flute |
| Publisher | Carl Hanser Verlag |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 3-446-20673-6 |
Die Zauberflöte. Oper und Mysterium (lit. 'The Magic Flute: Opera and Mystery') is a 2005 book by the German Egyptologist Jan Assmann. It is about the opera The Magic Flute by Emanuel Schikaneder and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, especially its connections to the "Egyptomania" of the late 18th century, and the association between mystery religions and rationalistic-utopian political ideas within Viennese Freemasonry and the Austrian Enlightenment.[1][2][3][4][5]
The book was nominated for the 2006 Leipzig Book Fair Prize.[6]
References
- ^ Meinhold, Günter (19 December 2005). "Ritualisierte Mysterien". Literaturkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ Mehring, Reinhard (17 November 2005). "Rezension zu: Assmann, Jan: Die Zauberflöte. Oper und Mysterium. München 2005, ISBN 3-446-20673-6 / Borchmeyer, Dieter: Mozart oder die Entdeckung der Liebe. Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-458-17267-X". H-Soz-Kult (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ Lütteken, Laurenz (2007). "Jan Assmann, Die Zauberflöte. Oper und Mysterium. 2005 – Dieter Borchmeyer, Mozart oder Die Entdeckung der Liebe. 2005". Arbitrium (in German). 25 (2): 186–191. doi:10.1515/ARBI.2007.186.
- ^ Mahoney, Dennis F. (2006). "Review of Die Zauberflöte: Oper und Mysterium". Goethe Yearbook. 14: 252–254. doi:10.1353/gyr.2011.0432.
- ^ Schmöe, Stefan. "Rituale und Mysterien". Online Musik Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ "Archiv der Nominierten und Preisträger:innen" (in German). Leipzig Book Fair. Retrieved 2 October 2025.