Mozart The Abduction From The Harem

Here, learn how political events in Europe directly shaped Mozart’s music and personal circumstances. Investigate... (more)

Here, learn how political events in Europe directly shaped Mozart’s music and personal circumstances. Investigate the long-term threat posed to Europe by the Ottoman Empire, and observe the paradoxical Turkish vogue in European art and fashion. Study the Turkish elements in both the plot and musical content of Mozart’s opera The Abduction from the Harem, and grasp how the economic fallout from Austria’s war with the Ottomans contributed to Mozart’s decline and death. (less)