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 Dramatis Personae
Characters in the Life of Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
prolific composer, child prodigy, keyboard virtuoso
Leopold Mozart
his father and teacher, violinist, composer
Maria Anna Mozart
his mother; dies while on tour with him in Paris
Maria Anna (Nannerl) Mozart
his sister, pianist; they perform together as children
Constanze Weber [Mozart]
his wife
Aloysia Weber
the Weber daughter he first loves; she rejects him
Archbishop Schrattenbach of Salzburg
his supporter; donates to his 1763 tour
Archbishop Colloredo of Salzburg
his patron; grants his release in 1781
J. C. Bach
his friend, famous composer, son of J.S. Bach
Joseph Haydn
his friend, famous composer, fellow Freemason
Emanuel Schikaneder
his friend, librettist of Die Zauberflöte, first Papageno
Michael Puchberg
his creditor, fellow Freemason
Lorenzo Da Ponte
librettist of Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte
Count Franz von Walsegg
commissions his Requiem (see Mozart Myths)
Franz Xaver Süssmayr
composer, his student and friend; completes his Requiem
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