Theater auf der Wieden

Floorplan of the ground level and first balcony level, from 1789. "Klafter" denotes a unit of measure, about 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in). From the State Archives of Upper Austria in Linz

The Theater auf der Wieden, also called the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden or the Wiednertheater, was a theater located in the then-suburban Wieden district of Vienna in the late 18th century. It existed for only 14 years (1787–1801), but during this time it was the venue for the premiere of no fewer than 350 theatrical works,[1] of which the most celebrated was Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. During most of this period the director of the theater was Emanuel Schikaneder, remembered today as librettist and impresario of The Magic Flute.

  1. ^ Krzeszowiak (2009, 69)