''Letters, Riddles and Writs'' is a
one act opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...
for television by
Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991. The story is devised by Nyman, with a
libretto by
Jeremy Newson and Pat Gavin that incorporates
Emily Anderson
Emily Anderson, OBE (March 1891 – October 1962) was an Irish scholar of German and a music historian who worked in the British Foreign Office during WWII.
She was born in Galway, Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an ...
's English translations of
correspondence and other texts by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
, the subject of the opera.
The opera premiered on the
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'', directed by Newson and Gavin.
played the role of Mozart. Nyman appears as a court
instructed to play an "offending extract" of the ''String Quartet in E flat major, K. 428'' when
s. This section of the opera is an
-style interlude. The majority of the opera is more serious. Extracts of the opera are featured on ''