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Impresario Frank auditions singers for his new company, assisted by the buffo singer Buff. He hires Madame Herz and Mademoiselle Silberklang, who then quarrel over which of them will receive the leading role and the higher salary. Each performs an aria to demonstrate her talent. Tenor Vogelsang brokers a compromise, and the company joins in a finale celebrating the artists’ pursuit of fame.
Belmonte arrives at Pasha Selim’s country house to rescue his betrothed Konstanze, who was captured with her maid Blonde. With his servant Pedrillo, he plans to free the women from the Pasha’s compound. Their escape is discovered, and Selim learns that Belmonte is the son of his old enemy. Selim chooses mercy and releases all four, frustrating his servant Osmin.
Impresario Frank auditions singers for his new company, assisted by the buffo singer Buff. He hires Madame Herz and Mademoiselle Silberklang, who then quarrel over which of them will receive the leading role and the higher salary. Each performs an aria to demonstrate her talent. Tenor Vogelsang brokers a compromise, and the company joins in a finale celebrating the artists’ pursuit of fame.
Belmonte arrives at Pasha Selim’s country house to rescue his betrothed Konstanze, who was captured with her maid Blonde. With his servant Pedrillo, he plans to free the women from the Pasha’s compound. Their escape is discovered, and Selim learns that Belmonte is the son of his old enemy. Selim chooses mercy and releases all four, frustrating his servant Osmin.