Ascanio in Alba

Ascanio in Alba, K. 111, is a pastoral opera in two parts (Festa teatrale in due parti) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Parini. It was commissioned by the Empress Maria Theresa for the wedding of her son, Archduke Ferdinand Karl, to Maria Beatrice d'Este on 15 October 1771.

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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)
• Apollo et Hyacinthus  (1767)
• Il sogno di Scipione  (1772)
• Il re pastore  (1775)
• Alexandre et Roxane  (1778)
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail  (1782)
• Da Ponte operas  (1786)