This opera’s overture opens with the three-chord sequence of E-flat major, C minor, E-flat major said to represent knocking. The rising notes (read slowly) D, F, B-flat are each sung on the word “Hört” (“hert”) in an aria that this opera’s composer wrote to highlight the range of (10[1])his (10[1]-5[1])sister-in-law, Josepha Hofer. This (10[1])opera’s librettist (10[1])Emmanuel Schikaneder premiered a character who falsely brags about killing a snake, leading his mouth to be padlocked. In this opera’s aria “Der (10[1])Hölle Rache,” (“dair HUH-luh RAH-kuh”) Pamina is given a knife to kill Sarastro by a character who (10[1])sings a high F6, the Queen of (10[2])the Night. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera titled for a supernatural woodwind instrument. ■END■