MOZART: Der Schauspieldirektor*

MOZART: Der Schauspieldirektor* 7 February. Vienna, Schönbrunn Text by G. Stephanie. Komödie mit Musik. One act. The music consists of an overture, two airs, a trio and the finale. Written for a garden-party given by the Emperor Joseph II at Schönbrunn and performed together with Salieri’s divertimento teatrale, Prima la Musica e poi le Parole* (text by G. B. Casti). A correspondent to the Berlin periodical, Ephemeriden der Literatur und des Theaters (1786, p.189), mentions in his report of the…