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Benedikt Schack
Benedikt Emanuel Schack () (7 February 175810 December 1826) was a composer and tenor of the Classical era, a close friend of Mozart and the first performer of the role of Tamino in Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".
Early life.
Benedikt Schack (also spelled as Žák, Ziak, Cziak or Schak) was born on 7 February 1758 in Mirotice, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic, then part of the Habsburg monarchy). Like Joseph and Michael Haydn, he worked
("The Urian Castle") Singspiel, music by Schikander, Salzburg, 1786.
- "Der dumme Gärtner aus dem Gebirge oder die zween Anton" ("The Silly Gardener from the Hills, or The Two Antons"). Comic opera, music by Benedikt Schack and Franz Xaver Gerl. Vienna, 1789.
- Five sequels to the latter work, including
- "Was macht der Anton im Winter?" (What does Anton do in Winter?) Music by Benedikt Schack and Franz