''Mozart!'' is an Austrian

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, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by

Michael Kunze Michael Rolf Kunze (born 9 November 1943, in Prague) is a foremost German musical theater lyricist and librettist. He is best known for the hit musicals ''Elisabeth'' (1992), ''Dance of the Vampires'' (1996), '' Mozart!'' (1999), ''Marie Antoin ...

and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show is a new imagining of the struggles of the famous composer. 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 productions have been mounted in: * Germany:

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(September 21, 2001 – June 30, 2002) * Japan:

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and

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(2002) * Hungary:

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(2003) * Sweden: Karlstad (2005) * Japan: Osaka, Tokyo,

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(2005) * Japan: Tokyo (2007) * Germany: Zwickau,

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(2008) * Czech Republic: Brno (2009) * South Korea:

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(2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020) *: Gwangju: (2010, 2014) *:

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: (2010, 2014) *:

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: (2010, 2014) *: Daegu: (2010, 2014) * Japan: Tokyo, Osaka,

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(2010-2011) * Japan: Tokyo (2014) * Austria:

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(2015) * China: Shanghai (2016) * Belgium: Antwerp (2017) * Japan: Tokyo (2018) * China: Beijing (2019) * Hungary: Veszprém (2022)

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

References

External links

Website for Vienna concertCast and information about the musical from Budapest Operetta theatreA 2006 review in German
{{Kunze and Levay 1999 musicals Musicals inspired by real-life events Biographical musicals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in fiction Cultural depictions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Musicals by Michael Kunze Plays set in Austria Musicals by Sylvester Levay