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Operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • The Magic FluteThe Magic Flute, known in German as Die Zauberflöte, premiered on the 30th of September 1791 at a suburban Viennese playhouse called the Freihaus-Theater auf…
  • La finta giardinieraWolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote La finta giardiniera in Munich during January 1775. He was only eighteen years old when he composed the score for this…
  • The Marriage of FigaroThe Marriage of Figaro premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on the 1st of May 1786, and on that first night the audience demanded five numbers be performed…
  • 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.
  • Don GiovanniDon Giovanni opened at the National Theatre of Bohemia in Prague on the 29th of October 1787, and within days the city's newspapers were declaring that…
  • Così fan tutteCosì fan tutte made its debut on the 26th of January 1790, at the Burgtheater in Vienna, and it arrived carrying a wager.
  • Lucio SillaLucio Silla, K. 135, arrived on the stage of Milan's Teatro Regio Ducale on the 26th of December 1772, performed by a company of singers and conducted by its…
  • Lo sposo delusoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart began work on an opera titled Lo sposo deluso in 1783. The project started with a libretto written by Giuseppe Petrosellini for…
  • Der SchauspieldirektorDer Schauspieldirektor opened not in a public opera house but in a private room at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, on the 7th of February 1786, performed at…
  • Die Entführung aus dem SerailDie Entführung aus dem Serail opened at the Vienna Burgtheater on the 16th of July 1782, with its twenty-six-year-old composer on the podium.
  • Ascanio in AlbaAscanio in Alba, K. 111, arrived in Milan not as a concert or a chamber recital, but as a political gesture wrapped in silk.
  • Mitridate, re di PontoMitridate, re di Ponto reached the stage of the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan on the 26th of December 1770, with its composer just fourteen years old.