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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg on 27th January 1756. A child prodigy, his first stage work, the sacred play written at the age of 11, was Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebotes. In his three great Italian works, written in collaboration with Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart breaks through the rigid structures of opera, presenting music-drama of great fluidity and remarkable human insight. His mastery of extended ensemble, his blending of serious and comic elements; his dramatic insight and his loosening of the musico- dramatic structures all had an incalculable influence on the subsequent development of opera.

Wolfgang was educated by his father Leopold Mozart, who was concertmaster in the court orchestra of the archbishop of Salzburg and a celebrated violinist, composer, and author. By the age of six, Mozart had become an accomplished performer on the clavier, violin, and organ and was highly skilled in sight reading and improvisation. Five short piano......

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