Amadeus: Chronology


1750 August 19, Antonio Salieri born in Legnago, Veronese territory.

1756 January 27, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg.

1766 Salieri taken to Vienna by Florian Gassmann, Chapelmaster to the Imperial Court.

1774 Gassmann dies: Salieri appointed Court Composer.

1780 Maria Theresa dies and is succeeded by Joseph II.

1781 First performance of Mozart's Idomeneo, Munich. Mozart arrives in Vienna and resigns from the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg. Salieri's opera, The Chimneysweep (Der Rauchfangkehrer), for the newly-founded National Singspiel.

1782 Mozart's The Flight from the Seraglio (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail), Burgtheater, July. Mozart marries Constanze Weber, August.

1784 Mozart proposed for admission to the Masonic Lodge "Beneficence".

1785 Salieri's opera buffa The Grotto of Trofonio.

1786 Fete at the Schönbrunn Orangery: Salieri's opera buffa First the Music and Then the Words (Prima la musica, e poi le parole); and Mozart's The Impresario (Der Schauspieldirektor) played on the same night. First performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Burgtheater, May.

1787 Salieri's opera, King of Ormus. Mozart's father dies (May). First performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Prague (October). Gluck dies (November). Mozart succeeds Gluck as Chamber Composer.

1788 First Vienna performance of Don Giovanni (May). Salieri appointed First Royal and Imperial Chapelmaster.

1790 First performance of Cosi fan tutte, Burgtheater (January). Joseph II dies (February).

1791 First performance of The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), Freihaus Theatre, Vienna (September). Mozart takes Salieri to a performance of The Magic Flute (October 13). Mozart dies (December).

1825 Salieri dies (May).