Mozart Residence

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Prices in parentheses are combined tickets for the Birthplace and Residence.

The combi ticket is valid for 24 hours beginning with the time of aquisitation. It is not transferable to other persons.

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Wolfgang Amadé Mozart’s reputation as a child prodigy still shines today. The musical “boy wonder” has anchored himself in the public’s imagination. Only a few authentic portraits of Mozart exist from his childhood and youth. The majority is preserved in the extensive collection of the Mozart Museums in Salzburg. However, the portrait “Mozart in Verona” from 1770 has been in a private collection since a spectacular auction in 2019. On first glance, this portrait appears to be almost a clichéd image of the boy in a red coat, neatly dressed, and wearing the obligatory white wig. Innocently, young Mozart gazes out of the portrait. Yet, the first impression is deceptive.

After nearly 20 years, the world-famous painting returns to Salzburg’s Mozart Museums as a special loan. The work will be the focus of the exhibition “Mozart: Che bello! A Genius in Italy,” on view at the Mozart Residence from November 2023 to February 2024. For the first time, the exciting context surrounding Mozart’s first journey to Italy will be examined in relationship to the painting. Wolfgang Amadé, who had at the time just turned 14, was no longer just a child prodigy: he was an established professional musician. Young Mozart received contracts for important early opera-compositions in Italy, and he was celebrated everywhere as a genius and an outstanding musical talent. His far-reaching influence on the musical scene is documented by an abundance of awards and admissions to leading music-academies. Through a display of valuable original works of art, historical documents and autographs, the exhibition illuminates one of the most important creative phases of Salzburg’s genius loci, and brings us closer to the world of this incomparable genius. Mozart was and is simply unique: Che bello!

The Mozart Audio-Visual Collection, opened in 1991, is the largest specialized archive of sound and film recordings relating to Mozart’s life and works. 40,000 sound titles (the earliest dates from 1889) and 4,000 video productions can be played on site. Some musical works are available in more than 300 different interpretations. Another 16,000 Mozart recordings can be found also in the online database. The collection includes interpretations of works, rehearsal recordings, documentaries and feature films, portraits, radio plays and children’s films.

The Mozart Audio-Visual Collection is open to the public free of charge during opening hours.
Film screenings for groups are available upon prior appointment.

Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Visit our Mozart Week film screenings

Contact:
Mag. Stephanie Krenner
Mozart Ton- und Filmsammlung
Makartplatz 8, 5020 Salzburg
Tel:+43 (0) 662 88 3454 81
krenner@mozarteum.at

The ‘Magic Flute House’, where Mozart is said to have composed parts of The Magic Flute while living in Vienna, was located in the so-called Bastion Garden of the Mozarteum since the 1950s. This garden is accessible only via the main building of the Mozarteum Foundation.

According to some sources, Mozart wrote part of his most famous work, The Magic Flute, in this garden cottage. Emanuel Schikaneder, Mozart’s friend who wrote the text of The Magic Flute, is said to have kept the composer there to ensure the timely completion of the work. The small wooden house was originally located in the garden next to the Freihaustheater auf der Wieden in Vienna. After the sale of the Freihaustheater, on whose grounds the little house stood, its owner, Prince Starhemberg, sold the Magic Flute House to the International Mozarteum Foundation in 1873. For the first Salzburg Music Festival in 1877, the little house was ceremoniously transferred from Vienna to Salzburg. At that time, the Mozarteum Foundation erected it on the Kapuzinerberg, in a prominent location above the Kapuziner monastery. To get to the Magic Flute House, one had to pay a toll at the gatehouse (which still exists today). This made it possible to visit the upper parts of the Kapuzinerberg. This practice was maintained until World War II. After the war, the Magic Flute House fell into oblivion until it was thoroughly restored and placed in the Bastion Garden on May 6, 1950. Until now, the Magic Flute House could only be visited during the summer months, at events in the Mozarteum’s Great Hall and on request during guided tours.

Following urgently needed restoration work in the workshops of the Salzburger Freilichtmuseum, the Magic Flute House has arrived at its final location in the courtyard of the Mozart Residence. A tour of the Magic Flute House is possible as part of a visit to the museum.