Mozart Quick Facts
- Considered to be one of the world’s greatest composers because of his genius, a child prodigy
- Born in Austria
- At young age, traveled through Europe with his sister giving concerts
- Last opera = The Magic Flute
- Opera uses art, music, drama and dance
- Opera singers have loud voices because they didn’t used to have microphones
- Operas in non-English languages, those composers spoke other languages
- The Magic Flute sung in German
- Mozart died at the age of 35
Mozart Poster / Handouts / Worksheets / Assessments
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Mozart PowerPoint
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15 slides
The Magic Flute Quick Facts
- Premiered: 1791 in Vienna (2 months before Mozart’s death)
- Language: German
- Recommended listening: “Der Hölle Rache” (sung by Queen of the Night) and “Papageno-Papagena Duet”
- Synopsis: The Queen of the Night’s daughter, Pamina has been captured by Sarastro, and she convinces Prince Tamino to rescue her. Instead, Tamino and Pamina go through trials of initiation to join Sarastro. His friend, Papageno fails, which doesn’t seem to matter, since he ends up with Papagena, his love match.
The Magic Flute Handouts / Visuals
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Books
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YouTube
- Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman variations, Rondo worksheet, Magic Flute Word Search, Mozart Poster, Mozart Assessment
Mozart PPT - Magic Flute Visuals & Handouts with Printable & Digital Visuals
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wow – very helpful! thank you 🙂
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