Emanuel Schikaneder was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him "one of the most talented theatre men of his era". Aside from Mozart, he worked with Salieri, Haydn and Beethoven.
Peter Winter, later Peter von Winter, was a German violinist, conductor and composer, especially of operas. He began his career as a player at the Mannheim court, and advanced to conductor. When the court moved to Munich, he followed and later became kapellmeister of the opera there. His opera Das Labyrinth, a sequel to Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, was premiered in Vienna in 1798, and his Maometto at La Scala in Milan in 1817. His work has been regarded as a bridge between Mozart and Weber in the development of German opera.
The Theater auf der Wieden, also called the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden or the Wiednertheater, was a theater located in the then-suburban Wieden district of Vienna in the late 18th century. It existed for only 14 years (1787–1801), but during this time it was the venue for the premiere of no fewer than 350 theatrical works, of which the most celebrated was Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. During most of this period the director of the theater was Emanuel Schikaneder, remembered today as librettist and impresario of The Magic Flute.
Johann Joseph Nouseul was an actor, singer, and theater manager in the Holy Roman Empire and later the Austrian Empire. He is remembered for having premiered the role of Monostatos in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.
Oliver Jens Schmitt is a professor of South-East European history at Vienna University since 2005. He is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Johann Baptist Malfatti, Edler von Monteregio baptized as Giovanni Domenico Antonio Malfatti was an Italian/Austrian doctor famous for treating the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
David Joseph Buch is an American musicologist.
Michael Lorenz is an Austrian musicologist, noted as a Mozart scholar and for his archival work combining music history and genealogical research.
Ignaz Alberti was an Austrian illustrator, engraver and book printer. He employed some 20 engravers in 1787 who applied their skills to cartography and botanical books. After his death his widow managed the printing and publication.
Baron Henri Eduard Joseph de Lannoy, was a Flemish composer, teacher, conductor, and writer on music who spent most of his life in Austria. His compositions bridge the classical and early romantic styles. His full name and title in German was 'Heinrich Eduard Josef, Freiherr von Lannoy'.
Ignaz Alois Anton von Indermauer zu Strelburg und Freifeld was an Austrian nobleman from Tyrol who served as the Landvögte and Kreishauptmann of Vorarlberg from 1791 until his death in 1796.
Ludwig Julius Eisenberg was an Austrian writer and encyclopedist. He wrote a lexicon of stage artists, among other publications.
Johann Baptist Henneberg was an Austrian composer, pianist, organist and Kapellmeister.
Joseph Caché was an Austrian operatic tenor, stage actor and writer.
Carl Ignaz Anton Demmer, also Karl, was an operatic tenor at the Vienna court opera, and possibly Florestan in the first version of Beethoven's opera Fidelio on 20 November 1805, then titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe.
Karl Friedrich Krüger was a German actor and the brother of actress Caroline Demmer.
Christian Joseph Demmer was a German-Austrian tenor and actor.
Matthäus Stegmayer, also Matthias Stegmayer ; the year of death is also given differently as 1810 ) was an Austrian composer, musician, music publisher, librettist and actor.
Franz Ignaz von Holbein was an Austrian playwright and theatre director.
Wilhelm Duschinsky was an Austrian philologist, educator, and writer.
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