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Premiere of Ascanio in Alba
- When
- 17 October 1771
- Where
- Teatro Regio Ducale
Mozart's opera Ascanio in Alba premiered in Milan on 17 October 1771, commissioned for an imperial wedding.
The pastoral opera in two parts was performed at the Teatro Regio Ducale. It was written to a libretto by Giuseppe Parini and commissioned by Empress Maria Theresa for the wedding of Archduke Ferdinand Karl to Maria Beatrice d'Este.
Sources
- Ascanio in Alba Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
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