Emanuel Schikaneder (1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812), born Johann Joseph Schickeneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer and composer. He was the librettist of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute and the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Schikaneder is remembered today as Mozart's librettist for The Magic Flute, however, in his day he had an important and successful theatrical career. Branscombe called him "one of the most talented theatre men of his era".
Read more about Emanuel Schikaneder: Early Life and Family, Career To 1780, Befriending The Mozarts, The First Stay in Vienna, Years At The Theater Auf Der Wieden, The Theater An Der Wien, Schikaneder and Beethoven, Decline and Demise
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