Emanuel Schikaneder
About
Emanuel Schikaneder was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him "one of the most talented theatre men of his era". Aside from Mozart, he worked with Salieri, Haydn and Beethoven.
![Die Zauberflöte; [libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder to the Opera By] W.A. Mozart; [and], Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail; [libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie to the Opera By] W.A. Mozart](https://assets.literal.club/2/cl0i2sc7y15333560iepsorpmsjq.jpg?size=200)
