Emotions of Mozartian Music & Opera in 1780-90s Vienna and Prague

Presenter(s)

Brandon Loy

Abstract or Description

In the last decade of his life, Mozart moved from his home city of Salzburg to the Habsburg imperial capital of Vienna. Mozart made a name for himself in the city almost overnight due to his exceptional piano-playing skills and the hosting of several public concerts during his first years of living in Vienna. Throughout 1781 and into 1782, Mozart composed one of his first mature operas, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction From the Serial), which made him not only in the eyes of the public of Vienna but also with the Holy Roman Empire Joseph II. Using these connections and the emperors love for the arts and music Mozart became a household name in Vienna by the mid-1780s. After partnering with Venetian Court poet Lorenzo da Ponte for his opera Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), he traveled to the Bohemian capital of Prague in late 1786, where the opera saw great success, and the city adopted him as one of their own—leading the way for more mature masterpieces. The Music of Mozart had a profound impact on the citizens of both Vienna and Prague during the last decade of Mozart's life.  the citizens of both Vienna and Prague during the last decade of Mozart's life. 

Mentor

Doctor Ronen Steinberg