Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus (Gottlieb, Amadeus) Mozart
Born: Archbishopric of Salzburg, 27 Jan. 1756
Died: Vienna, Austria, 5 Dec. 1791
Operas
The dates and locations are those of the premieres; when there was a substantial delay between composition and performance, the estimated year of completion or last composition is also given. Köchel catalog numbers are the traditional ones, with revised catalog numbers in parentheses.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K.38 (13.5.1767 University of Salzburg) (intermezzo)
La finta semplice, K.51 (KE 46a) (1.5.1769 Archbishop's Court, Salzburg)
Bastien und Bastienne, K.50 (K.46b) ((?) 10.1768 Dr. Mesmer's House, Vienna; 2.10.1890 (or 20.10.1890?) Architektenhaus, Berlin)
Mitridate, Rč di Ponto, K.87 (K.74a) (26.12.1770 Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan)
Ascanio in Alba, K.111 (17.10.1771 Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan)
Il sogno di Scipione, K.126 ((?) 1.5.1772 Archiepiscopal Residence, Salzburg)
Lucio Silla, K.135 (26.12.1772 Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan)
La finta giardiniera, K.196 (13.1.1775 Redoutensaal, Munich)
Il rč pastore, K.208 (23.4.1775 Archiepiscopal Residence, Salzburg)
Zaide, K.344 (K.336b) (1779; 27.1.1866, Frankfurt) (incomplete)
Idomeneo, ossia Ilia ed Idamante, K.366 (29.1.1781 Court Theatre, Munich) (Idomeneo, Rč di Creta)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 (16.7.1782 Burgtheater, Vienna)
L'oca del Cairo, K.422 (1784; 4.1860, Frankfurt) (fragment)
Lo sposo deluso, ossia La Rivalitŕ di tre donne per un solo amante, K.430 (K.424a) (1784) (fragment)
Der Schauspieldirektor, K.486 (7.2.1786 Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna)
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 (1.5.1786 Burgtheater, Vienna)
Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K.527 (29.10.1787 Nationaltheater, Prague)
Cosě fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti, K.588 (26.1.1790 Burgtheater, Vienna)
La Clemenza di Tito, K.621 (6.9.1791 Nationaltheater, Prague)
Die Zauberflöte, K.620 (30.9.1791 Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna)
In addition to the operas listed above, Mozart composed a few other vocal dramatic works and incidental music, as follows:
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K.35 (12.3.1767 Palace of the Archbishop, Salzburg) (part I of a 3-part sacred Singspiel)
La Betulia liberata, K.118 (K.74c) (oratorio) (1771)
Semiramis, K.App.11 (K.315e) (melodrama) (1779;) [lost]
Thamos, König in Ägypten, K.345 (K.336a) (incidental music) (1779? Salzburg)
He also contributed some music to other composers' operas:
the soprano arias Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio, K.418, and No, che non sei capace, K.419, and the tenor aria Per pietŕ, non ricercate, K.420, to Anfossi's Il curioso indiscreto (1783) (K.420 was not performed)
the quartet Dite almeno, K.479, and the trio Mandina amabile, K.480, to Bianchi's La villanella rapita (1785)
the soprano aria Alma grande e nobil core, K.578, to Cimarosa's I due baroni (1789)
the soprano aria Schon lacht der holde Frühling, K.580, to Paisiello's Il barbiere di Siviglia (1789)
the soprano arias Chi sa, chi sa, qual sia, K.582, and Vado, ma dove?, K.583, to Martín's Il burbero di buon core (1789)
the final chorus Viviamo felici, K.615, to Sarti's Le Gelosie villane (1791) [lost]
the comic duet Nun, liebes Weibchen, K.625, to Benedikt Schack's Der Stein der Weisen (9.1791 Theater auf der Wieden, Wien) [not authenticated]
perhaps some music to Schikaneder's Der Wohltätige Derwisch (1791).
Creators of Roles
Portrait at Age 7, probably by Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni, Salzburg, 1763 . Original at the Mozart Museum, Salzburg.
References:
Deutsch, Otto Erich: Mozart: A Documentary Biography Stanford University Press, 1965
Mann, William: The Operas of Mozart Oxford University Press, 1977.
Osborne, Charles: The Complete Operas of Mozart Atheneum, 1978.
