Mozart, l'opéra rock
| Mozart, l'opéra rock | |
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Mikelangelo Loconte as Mozart
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| Music |
Dove Attia François Castello Rodrigue Janois Nicolas Luciani Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jean-Pierre Pilot William Rousseau Olivier Schultheis |
| Lyrics | Vincent Baguian Patrice Guirao |
| Book |
Dove Attia François Chouquet |
| Basis | The life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Premiere | 22 September 2009: Palais des Sports, Paris |
| Productions | 2009 Paris 2010 Paris 2010 Belgium 2010 Switzerland 2011 Paris |
Mozart, l'opéra rock ("Mozart, the rock opera") is a French musical with music by Dove Attia, Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau, Nicolas Luciani, Rodrigue Janois and François Castello, lyrics by Vincent Baguian and Patrice Guirao and a book by Attia and François Chouquet. The show is a dramatization of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from age 17. It uses both original pop-rock compositions as well as existing music composed by Mozart.
The musical premiered on 22 September 2009 at the Palais des Sports de Paris, where it continued until 3 January 2010. From 4 February 2010 until 3 July 2010, it went on tour in France, Belgium and Switzerland. It returned to Paris between 9 November 2010 and 9 January 2011. A second tour began on 4 February 2011, and the production closed on 10 July 2011 at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. It was directed by Olivier Dahan, choreographed by Dan Stewart and produced by Attia and Albert Cohen.
The show opens with the accession of Hieronymus von Colloredo-Mannsfeld to the archbishop of Salzburg. Unlike the previous ruler, Colloredo is discouraging of the arts, which does not bode well for the Mozart family, who work for him. When Leopold Mozart requests leave to tour with his seventeen-year-old son and musical prodigy, Wolfgang, Colloredo refuses and suggests Leopold and Wolfgang quit if they are dissatisfied. Leopold and his daughter, Wolfgang's older sister, Nannerl, bemoan the state of Salzburg and its subservient people (Penser l'Impossible). Wolfgang appears, tumbling out from under the skirts of several women he's been chasing, and proceeds to be told exactly what Colloredo told Leopold: His leave has been denied.
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