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! | |
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| Music | Sylvester Levay |
| Lyrics | Michael Kunze |
| Book | Michael Kunze |
| Basis | The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Productions | 1999 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.
The production appealed especially to younger Viennese audiences. Subsequent productions have been mounted in:
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 (1999-2000) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[1] | 10 |
Musicals by Kunze and Levay | |
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