Letters and Music:
Salieri, Mozart and Nancy Storace

Antonio Salieri
Ouvertüre from „Palmira, regina di Persia“

Mozart, Salieri & „Cornetti“
„Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia“

Mozart
„Deh vieni, non tardar“ from Le nozze di Figaro K. 492

Antonio Salieri
„La ra la ra, che filosofo buffon” from La grotta di Trofonio

Joseph Sardi 
Variations about the theme „La ra la ra“ by Salieri

Mozart
Scena „Ch’io mi scordi di te“ K. 505

1785: The celebrated soprano Nancy Storace lost her voice and was unable to sing for months.  Mozart and Salieri composed arias specially for her. How did they cope with the situation? We can gain a vivid picture of music life in Vienna from the point of view of tenor Michael O’Kelly, Mozart and other contemporaries.