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Playbill for the opening performance of Die Zauberflöte, 30 September 1791. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operas comprise 22 musical dramas in a variety of genres. [a] They range from the small-scale, derivative works of his youth to the full-fledged operas of his maturity.
Works based on operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (6 C, 2 P) C. Così fan tutte (1 C, 1 P) D. Don Giovanni (2 C, 1 P) M. The Magic Flute (3 C, 19 P) The Marriage of ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.
The opera was the culmination of a period of increasing involvement by Mozart with Schikaneder's theatrical troupe, which since 1789 had been the resident company at the Theater auf der Wieden. Mozart was a close friend of one of the singer-composers of the troupe, tenor Benedikt Schack (the first Tamino), and had contributed to the ...
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38, is an opera in three acts written in 1767 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was 11 years old at the time.It is Mozart's first true opera (when one considers that Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots is simply a sacred drama).
Don Giovanni (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdɔn dʒoˈvanni]; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” has been listed as one of the most popular operas since it premiered in 1791. The opera was performed 100 times in little more than a year after it opened.
1790 Così fan tutte (Mozart). Third and last of the operas that Mozart set to libretti by Da Ponte, Così fan tutte was scarcely performed throughout the 19th century, as the plot was considered to be immoral. [40] 1791 La clemenza di Tito (Mozart). Mozart's last opera before his early death was extremely popular until 1830, after which the ...