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Invitation prompted by Figaro's Prague success

When: November 1786 – January 1787
Where: National Theatre (now Estates Theatre), Prague
Part of: Premiere of Mozart's Symphony No. 38

The success of Le nozze di Figaro in Prague's 1786–87 season led musicians and patrons to invite Mozart to the city.

Mozart was invited to Prague on the strength of the reception of Le nozze di Figaro during the 1786–87 winter season of the National Theatre (now the Estates Theatre). A letter of Leopold Mozart written in January 1787 confirms the invitation by a group of musicians and patrons; the opera's run may have begun in November or December 1786.

Sources

Symphony No. 38 (Mozart) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-23

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