MOZART 250
1766 (2016)
In 2016 we explored the year 1766 with three events:
1766- a retrospective
19 January 2016, 7.30pm – Wigmore Hall, London
This concert included works by the ten year old Mozart, as well as his older contemporaries Jommelli, Guglielmi, Vanhal and Franz Ignaz Beck.
Jommelli: Il Vologeso
28 April 2016, 7.30pm – Cadogan Hall, London
The concert performance of this outstanding opera by the Italian Niccolò Jommelli featured some of Classical Opera’s Associate Artists. The opera was originally premiered on 11 February 1766 for the Stuttgart court in Ludwigsburg. Read the reviews here and see some images in our explore section.
La Canterina
8 September 2016, 7.30pm – Schloss Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria
19 September 2016, 7.30pm – Wigmore Hall, London
Haydn’s short, two-act opera was the star of this programme, in an evening of music by Haydn and Myslivecek.
