Apollo et Hyacinthus
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · libretto by Rufinus Widl · premiered 1767 · at University of Salzburg
Apollo et Hyacinthus seu Hyacinthi metamorphosis (Latin for Apollo and Hyacinth or The Metamorphosis of Hyacinth), K. 38, is an opera in three acts written in 1767 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was 11 years old at the time. It is Mozart's first true opera (when one considers that Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots is simply a sacred drama). As is suggested by the name, the opera is based upon the Greek myth of Hyacinth and Apollo as told by Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Interpreting this work, Rufinus Widl wrote the libretto in Latin.
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About the Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Don Giovanni (1630)
- Idomeneo (1705)
- Ascanio in Alba (1771)
- Il sogno di Scipione (1772)
- Il re pastore (1775)
- Alexandre et Roxane (1778)
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782)
- Da Ponte operas (1786)