"Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel" by Ferdinand Raimund is a magical comedy with songs written in 1823. When barometer-maker Bartholomäus Quecksilber receives three enchanted gifts—a gold-making staff, an army-summoning horn, and a teleporting sash—his fortune changes overnight. But the scheming princess Zoraide has her eye on these treasures, not on him. Through deception and false affection, she strips him of everything. Lost and desperate in a magical forest, Quecksilber discovers an unusual weapon: enchanted figs that give their victims embarrassingly long noses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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