Today in Music / July 16

July 16, 2012 · by · in Great Music, Miscellaneous, Today in Music · Leave a comment

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384) was performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on this day in 1782. Although the Emperor Joseph II may (or may not) have pronounced the music had “too many notes,” the opera was a huge success and continues to be frequently performed today.

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