page_title: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
section_title: Act 2
hierarchical_section_title: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / The story / Act 2
caption_attribution_description: English: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the seraglio), Vienna theatre announcement of premiere on 16 July 1782 at the Burgtheater. Français&#160;: L'Enlèvement au sérail, opéra de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
context_page_description: Die Entführung aus dem Serail is an opera with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is an example of a Singspiel: a type of German opera which had spoken dialogue as well as singing, and was often about magical stories. Mozart's opera The Magic Flute is also a Singspiel.
  The German libretto is by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner and was changed a bit, without Bretzner’s permission, by Gottlieb Stephanie. The story is about the hero Belmonte, helped by his servant Pedrillo, who tries to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the seraglio of the Pasha Selim.
  The opera was first performed by the Nationalsingspiel which was sponsored by the Austrian emperor Joseph II. Mozart arrived in Vienna in 1781 and was looking for an opportunity to get a commission for an opera. He showed one his operas to the manager of the Nationalsingspiel. He was impressed and asked Mozart to write an opera for the company.
  The work is lighthearted and meant to be funny. Some of the characters in the story are Turkish. Turkish stories and music were very popular at that time in Europe, and Mozart writes some Turkish music in this opera.
context_section_description: Osmin tries roughly to make love to Blondchen. After a duet Osmin departs. Konstanze greets Blondchen in distress and tells her that Selim wants her love and is threatening to use force. 
  When she has gone, Pedrillo comes to Blondchen, who is his sweetheart, and tells her that Belmonte is near and plans are ready for a rescue attempt. Blondchen is very happy. Pedrillo invites Osmin to drink. Osmin gets drunk and Belmonte gets him out of the way so that Belmonte again sees his beloved Konstanze.
caption: Vienna theatre announcement of premiere on 16 July 1782 at the Burgtheater
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