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Opera seria

  • IdomeneoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart received a commission in 1780 from Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria. The Elector needed a new opera for the court carnival season.
  • Mitridate, re di PontoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart stood in the city of Bologna during the summer of 1770. He was only fourteen years old when he began composing this opera seria.