X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Benedikt Schack


Benedikt Schack

Schack's collaborative opera Der Stein der Weisen has recently been revived, prompted by the discovery of an early manuscript copy, by Boston Baroque under Martin Pearlman; the work has received favorable reviews.

Albrecht, Theodore (2005) "Anton Dreyssig (c1753/4-1820): Mozart's and Beethoven's Zauberflötist," in Words about Mozart: Essays in Honour of Stanley Sadie, ed.


Bampton Classical Opera

In 2002, Bampton Classical Opera performed the United Kingdom première of The Philosopher's Stone (Der Stein der Weisen), a singspiel by Emanuel Schikaneder composed in collaboration with Mozart, Henneberg, Schack, and Gerl.


see also