Date: September 18th, 2023 8:43 PM Author: honiara
Mozart's opera Abduction from the Seraglio was about a guy rescuing his beloved from a Turkish harem (seraglio) that she was transported to after being captured by pirates. the tone of the opera was comedic, in contradiction to the presumably dark subject matter. this was the piece that Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II complained had "too many notes" in Amadeus