5 Famous Mozart Operas - Die Zauberflöte, Così, Don Giovanni, Figaro, Die Entführung
Billed the greatest composer of all-time and acknowledged as one of the greatest opera composers in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote more than 20 operas. It's not easy to point out exactly what it is, but there's something in his whole musical creation that makes him immortal. Four of Mozart's operas considered most famous include Die Zauberflöte, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro. In this collection, The Abduction from the Seraglio (Die Entführung aus Dem Serail) has been added.
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Mozart Opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) - Plot Synopsis and other Opera Information
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), an opera in two acts, remains one of the most popular operas of Mozart. Composed few months before he died, in 1791, the libretto was written by Emanuel Schikaneder, Mozart's fellow mason. It premiered in Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna, September 30, 1791. The plot has mystic overtones and masonic symbolisms were introduced. Despite its bizarre plot, it attracted prominent non-musicians including Goethe.
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Mozart Opera The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) - Plot Synopsis and other Opera Information
The Marriage of Figaro is a comedy in four acts, embodying social satire. It is a sequel to The Barber of Seville written by Rossini, although Mozart and Rossini had nothing to do with each other. Beaumarchais wrote both stories as plays. Mozart picked up The Marriage of Figaro while Rossini, The Barber of Seville. Despite working within the format limitations of the old opera comedy, Mozart brilliantly managed to reflect the mood of the characters in his enchanting music.
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Mozart Opera Don Giovanni - Plot Synopsis and other Opera Information
Don Giovanni is a two-act opera, a unique blend of buffa (comic) and seria (drama) composed by Wolfgang Mozart in 1787, libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after Giovanni Bertati's libretto for Giuseppe Gazzaniga's The Stone Guest, the contemporary version of the Don Juan legends. Don Giovanni was first performed in National Theatre, Prague, on October 29, 1787. The comic opera blends with melodrama, and supernatural elements.
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Mozart Opera Così fan tutte - Plot Synopsis and other Opera Information
Così fan tutte is a comic opera (buffa) in two acts with an unusual title. Così means "in this way" or "like this," fan means "do," and tutte means the Italian feminine version for "all." The title can be translated as "In this way do all (women)" or "Like this do all (women)." Or it can even be "Women are all Alike." It's a farce opera. Mozart wrote some of his great music in this opera.
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Mozart Opera The Abduction from the Seraglio (The Abduction from the Seraglio - Plot Synopsis and other Opera Information)
The Abduction from the Seraglio (Die Entführung aus Dem Serail) is a Singspiel in three acts by Mozart, composed in 1782. The libretto is in German by J.G. Stephanie the Younger, adapted from an original libretto by F. Breitzner's Belmonte and Constanze (1782). It premiered at Burgtheater in Vienna, on July 16, 1772. The plot is about an attempt of Belmonte, to rescue his beloved Constanze from the seraglio of the Pasha Selim. (Mozart was married to Constanze Weber in 1782, the same year he composed Die Entführung...)
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