The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620) is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue.[1] The work premiered in 1791 at Schikaneder's theater, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.