The Wizard of the Nile is a comic opera in three acts with music by composer Victor Herbert and a libretto by Harry B.

[7] The opera was staged by director Napier Lothian,[7] and used costumes by Caroline Siedle and sets by Ernest Albert.

[9] The work also was successful in Europe and established Herbert's reputation as on operetta composer of note on the international stage.

[11] The European premiere of the opera was presented in a German language translation entitled Der Zauberer vom Nil at the Carltheater in Vienna, and was a critical and popular success.

[11] Subsequently, a production was mounted in London's West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre where the opera was given its UK premiere to a warm reception on September 6, 1897.