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3 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Sun, Apr 20, 202559 mins
1777: renowned since the age of four as a child prodigy with exceptional musical talent, a now-21-year-old Mozart leaves a secure life and job as a professional court musician in Salzburg to become a composer, travelling to Mannheim, then considered the musical capital of Europe, and Paris, where a new, popular form of musical performance provides him with a commission. But just as he feels his fortunes have changed for the better, he must overcome his mother's tragic death and his oppressive, unsympathetic father to break through.
Episode 2
59 mins
Vienna, 1781. Mozart, aged 25, faces an uncertain future in a city where he has few friends. He finds solace and security with the Weber family, particularly with Constanze, with whom he falls in love. Their courtship faces challenges, with his father, Leopold, refusing to give his permission to Mozart to marry. Scandalously, they go ahead anyway, and a newborn baby follows quickly after. Fame and success also follows, but as Mozart creates his most rebellious and provocative work to date, an opera called The Marriage of Figaro, he ruffles the feathers of the elite patrons who have supported Mozart's rise to stardom.
Episode 3
58 mins
Following his father's death, Mozart's music takes on a new level of intensity and emotional depth as he grapples with the numerous losses he has experienced in his short life. His opera Don Giovanni, which follows the success of The Marriage of Figaro, is marked by its unparalleled drama and sophistication - but the Viennese audience, including the emperor, find the music too intense. The outbreak of the Austro-Turkish War in 1788 further fractures the Viennese music scene, leaving Mozart in a precarious position. He is desperate to support his family in the face of an uncaring aristocracy that is tightening its purse strings, leaving freelancers like him out in the cold. The future that had once seemed secure now appears uncertain.