Mozart, l'opéra rock (2010)

Mozart, l'opéra rock ("Mozart, the rock opera") is a French musical directed by Olivier Dahan and produced by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen. The show uses both pop-rock compositions and music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wikipedia

The show starts when the fate of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart rocking: Hieronymus von Colloredo-Mannsfeld successor to Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg.The new king is an austere man and authoritarian that is insensitive to the music of Mozart and allergic to the enthusiasm and the impertinence of the character …For Mozart, Salzburg's life quickly becomes untenable.He was 17 when he decided to leave his hometown with his mother in search of a better future in a European capital.The composer's journey is punctuated with setbacks and disappointments .No European court does not commit, he knows his first disappointment in love with Aloysia Weber, and he lost his mother in Paris, a city that rejects and humiliates him.Mozart returned to his austere and dull life in Salzburg when he heard about the death of the Empress of Austria.The composer must accompany his employer, Colloredo, Vienna (Austria) to honor the new Emperor Joseph II du Saint-Empire.Vienna, European capital of music, will seal the fate of the composer. Mozart will know the glory ,the love,the rivalry then the fall and misery.He will die leaving his finest work, the Requiem unfinished.