The first recording of the opera that inspired Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”! The ensemble Hofkapelle München under the direction of Rüdiger Lotter presents the first exceptional and historic recording of the opera “Der Stein der Weisen oder : die Zauberinsel”. This opera is considered the predecessor of W.A. Mozart’s beloved masterpiece, “The Magic Flute”. Its libretto was written by Emanuel Schikaneder, who would later also write the libretto for “The Magic Flute”. The first performance took place on September 11, 1790. Initially, Mozart was not mentioned as the composer of the opera in the printed edition, unlike Schikaneder and the three other composers Frank Xaver Gerl, Benedikt Schack and Johann Baptist Henneberg. It was only later that his name was discovered on a copy of the score above two sections of the finale and the duet “Nun liebes Weibchen”. The many musical and stylistic parallels between numerous parts of Der Stein der Weisen and similar moments in The Magic Flute indicate that Mozart drew inspiration for his opera from his own ideas as well as those of all the other participants. Hofkapelle München and Chor der Klangverwaltung present a new, exciting and colorful recording of this little-known musical gem.