He disliked writing for the flute. Schickanäder's libretto for "The Magic Flute" was so good he couldn't resist it, especially considering that the librettist was a Masonic lodge brother.
I saw an English language production of it in Tacoma 25 years ago, and the jokes still worked.
165 posted on 06/06/2015 7:46:09 PM PDT by Publius
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