Jan 01, 1991
30 min
Full-HD

Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991)

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

Category

Music

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Ute Lemper

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

David Thomas

Leopold

Julian Glover

Joseph Haydn

Tony Rohr

Ludwig van Beethoven

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