The Magic Flute

The Opera Classics Library Series features an Opera Journeys’ Mini Guide (a Study Guide containing Principal Characters in the Opera; Brief Story Synopsis; a comprehensive Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples; and an engaging, insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, opera author, lecturer and historian), PLUS a complete newly translated Libretto featuring the foreign language and English translation side-by-side — and also including Music Highlight Examples.

Author Burton D. Fisher is a former opera conductor who studied at the Mannes and Juilliard schools. He is presently author and publisher of over 150 published books and essays about opera: the Opera Classics Library Series; Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series; Opera Journeys Libretto Series; the popular college textbook, A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses; the Opera Classics Library Puccini Companion; and the annual guide Opera at Movie Theaters. He has been principal lecturer for the Opera Showcase Series and Biographies in Music Series given at Florida International University and at many other venues; a commissioned author for Season Opera Guides and Program Notes for regional opera companies; a translator of librettos for ne