Mozart!

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 is a new imagining of the struggles of the famous composer.

Mozart!
MusicSylvester Levay
LyricsMichael Kunze
BookMichael Kunze
BasisThe life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Productions1999 Austria
2003 Hungary
2015 Vienna revival

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.

Productions

The production appealed especially to younger Viennese audiences. Subsequent to its world premiere in Vienna, the musical has toured around the world with productions in:

Recordings

The Vienna and Budapest productions released cast albums, as well as the Japanese and Korean productions. In addition to that, the Korean production released two DVDs with a different cast on each. A DVD and a cast album have been released based on the 2015 Vienna production.

Chart positions
Chart (1999-2000) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[1] 10

References
  1. "Austriancharts.at – Musical – Mozart!" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
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