Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Child Prodigy · Master of the Opera · Composer · 1756–1791

The child prodigy who became the supreme master of classical music — composing over 600 works before dying at 35.

Explore the life of Mozart — five chapters

  1. The Child on Display — Salzburg, and ten years on the roads of Europe
  2. The Salzburg Trap — A job he hated, a journey that ended in grief
  3. The Freelance Years — Concerts, pupils, publishers and Constanze
  4. Three Operas That Changed the Form — Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte
  5. The Last Year and the Myths — The Magic Flute, the Requiem, and what really happened

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