The Abduction from the Seraglio

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One of Mozart's most popular operas will be staged at the Volksoper Vienna. Mozart journeys deep into the psychology of human relationships and also reveals an element of his own biography.

The first successful German opera was to include aspect such as "Turkish fashion" and had to comply with Joseph II's commission to compose a "national musical comedy". Yet Mozart's genius turned these requirements into an outstanding opus, which was the first of his many Viennese opera masterpieces. He journeys deep into the psychology of human relationships and also reveals an element of his own biography. The fact that the principal female figure bears the name of the woman whom Mozart married shortly thereafter — Constanze — is hardly a coincidence.