Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

After roughly a year back in Salzburg, Leopold and Wolfgang departed for Italy, leaving Anna Maria and Nannerl at home.

In November 1766 the Mozart family came home to Salzburg, ending their European grand tour on which the children had performed as prodigies.

Mozart's opera Ascanio in Alba premiered in Milan on 17 October 1771, commissioned for an imperial wedding.

Mozart's Serenade in D major, K. 250 (248b), was first played in Salzburg on 21 July 1776, on the eve of Marie Elisabeth Haffner's wedding.

After arriving in Vienna in 1781, Mozart lobbied Stephanie for a commission and received the libretto on 29 July 1781.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered on 16 July 1782 at the Vienna Burgtheater, with Mozart himself conducting the performance.

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

Mozart finished Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, in late 1786, recording completion on 6 December 1786.

Symphony No. 38 premiered in Prague on 19 January 1787, during Mozart's first visit to the city.

The first production was followed by eight additional performances in 1786.

The opera debuted at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786.

The success of Mozart's January–February 1787 trip to Prague led to a commission from the city's resident opera company.

The opera was to premiere on 14 October 1787 for Archduchess Maria Theresa's visit, but was not ready; Le nozze di Figaro was substituted.

Don Giovanni was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the National Theatre (of Bohemia), now the Estates Theatre, on 29 October 1787.

Mozart finished his Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543, on 26 June 1788, the first of his final three symphonies.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt argued that Mozart composed the three symphonies as a unified work, citing structural differences among the three.

Mozart entered Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, into his catalog on 25 July 1788, though a legacy record gives 28 July and the discrepancy is unresolved.

Mozart completed Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788, his longest and final symphony, later nicknamed the Jupiter.

Mozart fell seriously ill on 20 November 1791, taking to his deathbed with swelling, pain, and vomiting.

Mozart died at his Vienna home on 5 December 1791, aged 35, at 12:55 am.

The cause of death remains uncertain; over a hundred causes have been proposed, and Zegers et al. found a late-1791 mortality spike supporting Guldener's claim.

Mozart composed the opera while well advanced on Die Zauberflöte; Niemetschek alleged completion in 18 days, with secco recitatives possibly by Süssmayr.

La clemenza di Tito premiered on 6 September 1791 at the Estates Theatre in Prague, marking the coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia.

The Estates planned the coronation to ratify a political agreement; the opera promoted the reactionary policies of an aristocratic elite.

Mozart's Singspiel The Magic Flute premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's suburban Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.