Die Entführung aus dem Serail

The Abduction from the Seraglio

Komisches Singspiel in 3 acts

• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 384
• Librettist: Gottlieb Stephanie, `der Jüngere'
• Source: Belmonte und Constanze, libretto by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner
• First performance: Burgtheater, Vienna, 16 July 1782
• Libretti:
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  • Libretti Homepage (ohne Dialog)

Dramatis Personæ

Bassa Selim [Pasha Selim] (Speaking role)

Constanze, a noble Spanish lady, captive of Pasha Selim (Soprano)

Blondchen, Constanze's English maid (Soprano)

Osmin, overseer of the Pasha's country estate (Bass)

Belmonte, a Spanish nobleman (Tenor)

Pedrillo, Belmonte's servant, now the Pasha's gardener (Tenor)

Klaas, a sailor (Speaking role)

A servant (Mute)

[Guards, Janissaries, Slaves, etc.] (Chorus)

Setting: Pasha Selim's country estate in Turkey; mid-16th century.