• Chronology: Year 1897
• Location: Vienna State Opera (Hofoper, Wiener Staatsoper)
• Program: Zauberflote
• Conductor: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
• Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
• Stage design: 
• Notes: Vienna State Opera repertoire Gustav Mahler

Rehearsals for Mahler performances: Richard Wagner, Siegfried (Orchestra Rehearsal) (to rehearse new cuts!).

The 77th evening of the season.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (for the 1st time this season).

Pertinent newspaper articles from the following sources are in the archives:

Deutsche Zeitung, October 17, 1897 (Wien).
Illustriertes Wiener Extrablatt, October 17, 1897 (Wien).
Neues Wiener Journal, October 17, 1897 (Wien).
Fremden-Blatt, October 17, 1897 (Wien).
Neue Freie Presse, October 17, 1897 (Wien).