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This is a selective list of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, listed by genre. The Köchel catalogue contains a complete, chronologically ordered, list.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was prolific and wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired work is in <anchor>opera</anchor>, the piano concerto and sonata, the symphony, and in the string quartet and string quintet. Mozart also wrote much work for solo piano, other forms of chamber music, masses and other religious music, and numerous dances, divertimentos, and other forms of light entertainment.
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**Opera** (English plural: _operas;_ Italian plural: _opere_) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a [libretto](/wiki/Libretto "Libretto")) and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting.[\[1\]](#cite_note-1) Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.

Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.[\[2\]](#cite_note-2) It started in Italy at the end of the 16th century (with [Jacopo Peri](/wiki/Peri,_Jacopo "Peri, Jacopo")'s lost _Dafne_, produced in Florence in 1598) and soon spread through the rest of Europe: Schütz in Germany, [Lully](/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lully "Jean-Baptiste Lully") in France, and Purcell in England all helped to establish their national traditions in the 17th century. In the 18th century, Italian opera continued to dominate most of Europe, except France, attracting foreign composers such as [Handel](/wiki/Handel,_George_Frideric "Handel, George Frideric"). Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until [Gluck](/wiki/Gluck,_Christoph_Willibald "Gluck, Christoph Willibald") reacted against its artificiality with his "reform" operas in the 1760s. Today the most renowned figure of late 18th century opera is [Mozart](/wiki/Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus "Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus"), who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic opera, especially _The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro), [Don Giovanni](/wiki/Don_Giovanni "Don Giovanni")_, and _Così fan tutte_, as well as _[The Magic Flute](/wiki/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te "Die Zauberflöte") (Die Zauberflöte)_, a landmark in the German tradition.

The first third of the 19th century saw the high point of the bel canto style, with [Rossini](/wiki/Rossini,_Gioachino "Rossini, Gioachino"), [Donizetti](/wiki/Donizetti,_Gaetano "Donizetti, Gaetano") and [Bellini](/wiki/Bellini,_Vincenzo "Bellini, Vincenzo") all creating works that are still performed today. It also saw the advent of Grand Opera typified by the works of Auber and [Meyerbeer](/wiki/Meyerbeer,_Giacomo "Meyerbeer, Giacomo"). The mid-to-late 19th century was a "golden age" of opera, led and dominated by [Wagner](/wiki/Wagner,_Richard "Wagner, Richard") in Germany and [Verdi](/wiki/Verdi,_Giuseppe "Verdi, Giuseppe") in Italy. The popularity of opera continued through the verismo era in Italy and contemporary French opera through to [Puccini](/wiki/Puccini,_Giacomo "Puccini, Giacomo") and [Strauss](/wiki/Strauss,_Richard "Strauss, Richard") in the early 20th century. During the 19th century, parallel operatic traditions emerged in central and eastern Europe, particularly in Russia and Bohemia. The 20th century saw many experiments with modern styles, such as atonality and serialism ( [Schoenberg](/wiki/Schoenberg,_Arnold "Schoenberg, Arnold") and [Berg](/wiki/Berg,_Alban "Berg, Alban")), Neoclassicism ( [Stravinsky](/wiki/Stravinsky,_Igor "Stravinsky, Igor")), and Minimalism ( [Philip Glass](/wiki/Glass,_Philip "Glass, Philip") and [John Adams](/wiki/Adams,_John "Adams, John")). With the rise of recording technology, singers such as [Enrico Caruso](/wiki/Enrico_Caruso "Enrico Caruso") became known to audiences beyond the circle of opera fans. Operas were also performed on (and written for) radio and television.

## References\[ [Edit section: References](/wiki/Opera?veaction=edit&section=1 "Edit section: References")\]

1. [↑](#cite_ref-1)Some definitions of opera: "dramatic performance or composition of which music is an essential part, branch of art concerned with this" ( _Concise Oxford English Dictionary_); "any dramatic work that can be sung (or at times declaimed or spoken) in a place for performance, set to original music for singers (usually in costume) and instrumentalists" (Amanda Holden, _Viking Opera Guide_); "musical work for the stage with singing characters, originated in early years of 17th century" ( _Pears Cyclopaedia_, 1983 ed.).
2. [↑](#cite_ref-2)Comparable art forms from various other parts of the world, many of them ancient in origin, are also sometimes called "opera" by analogy, usually prefaced with an adjective indicating the region (for example, Chinese opera). These independent traditions are not derivative of Western opera, but are rather distinct forms of musical theatre. Opera is also not the only type of Western musical theatre: in the ancient world, Greek drama featured singing and instrumental accompaniment; and in modern times, other forms such as the musical have appeared.

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