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World Service,09 Jan 1992,28 mins

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Episode seven. Success, money, and death. The success of The Marriage of Figaro led to it being performed in Prague in 1787, and, with his reputation preceding him, Mozart was invited to bohemian capital. There, he received news that his father had died, and started work on Don Giovanni. Written and presented by Dr Stanley Sadie.

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