Premiere of Ascanio in Alba

Date: October 17, 1771 • Location: Rome, Italy

Ascanio in Alba, an opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (pictured) at the age of 15, premiered in Milan.

Ascanio in Alba, K. 111, is an opera in two parts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Parini. The pastoral work was commissioned by the Empress Maria Theresa for the wedding of her son, Archduke Ferdinand Karl, to Maria Beatrice d'Este on 15 October 1771.