Premiere of Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Date: July 16, 1782 • Location: Rome, Italy

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician. He completed more than 800 works in his life—including outstanding examples of most of the genres of his time: symphonies, concertos, chamber music, opera and choral music. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.