Mozart!
Sign in to saveMozart! is an Austrian musical, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show reinterprets the life of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It presents him as a complex figure shaped by both extraordinary genius and personal struggle.
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- Country of origin
- Austria
- Composer
- Sylvester Levay
- Librettist
- Michael Kunze
- Lyrics by
- Michael Kunze
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- inception
- 1999-00-00
- date of first performance
- 1999-10-02
- title
- Mozart!
- language of work or name
- German
- different from
- Mozart, l'opéra rock
- form of creative work
- musical
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Mozart! is an Austrian musical, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show reinterprets the life of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It presents him as a complex figure shaped by both extraordinary genius and personal struggle.
The original production was directed by the opera director Harry Kupfer. It premiered on October 2, 1999, in the Theater an der Wien, and the final performance was on 7 May 2001. It ran for 419 performances, showing to approximately 420,000 patrons.
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