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Born here in 1756, this Austrian city now hosts a world-famous summer festival celebrating its most illustrious native son.
Difficulty: EasyIn this 1782 German singspiel, the hero Belmonte schemes to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the captivity of a Turkish pasha.
Difficulty: MediumFor Mozart's last opera seria, this Dresden court poet trimmed an old Metastasio text into a leaner two-act drama the composer praised.
Difficulty: HardThe composer's iconic middle name, the subject of a 1984 Oscar-winning film, was a Latinized form he rarely used himself.
Difficulty: EasyAfter Mozart died, this pupil completed the unfinished Requiem from surviving sketches and his teacher's verbal instructions.
Difficulty: MediumThe dramatic 'reform' operas of this elder composer, stripping away vocal excess for theatrical truth, shaped the seriousness of Idomeneo.
Difficulty: HardFeaturing the dazzling, sky-high aria of the Queen of the Night, this fairy-tale singspiel was among his final stage works.
Difficulty: EasyIn 1787 this 16-year-old genius reportedly traveled to Vienna hoping to study with Mozart, but rushed home to his dying mother.
Difficulty: Medium