Mozart created 22 stage works in his lifetime. Among them are world-famous ‘evergreens’ such as The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni. But many Mozart operas are also completely unknown, or have you ever heard of the ‘Goose of Cairo’? All 22 Mozart operas can be found in the following list.
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots | KV 35 | 1767 |
Apollo und Hyacinth | KV 38 | 1767 |
Bastien und Bastienne | KV 50 / 46 b | 1768 |
La finta semplice | KV 51 / 46 a | 1769 |
Mitridate, Re di Ponto | KV 87 / 74 a | 1770 |
Ascanio in Alba | KV 111 | 1771 |
La Betulia liberata | KV 118 / 740 | 1771? |
Il sogno di Scipione | KV 126 | 1772 |
Lucio Silla | KV 135 | 1772 |
La finta giardiniera | KV 196 | 1775 |
Il re pastore | KV 208 | 1775 |
Zaide | KV 344 / 336 b | 1781 |
Idomeneo, Re di Creta | KV 366 | 1781 |
Die Entführung aus dem Serail | KV 384 | 1782 |
L'oca del Cairo (Die Gans von Kairo) | KV 422 | 1783 |
Lo sposo deluso (Fragment) | KV 430 | 1783 |
Der Schauspieldirektor | KV 486 | 1786 |
Le nozze di Figaro | KV 492 | 1786 |
Don Giovanni (Il dissoluto punito) | KV 527 | 1787 |
Così fan tutte | KV 588 | 1790 |
Die Zauberflöte | KV 620 | 1791 |
La clemenza di Tito | KV 621 | 1791 |

Jonathan Stark – Conductor
Hello! I'm Jonathan Stark. As a conductor, it is important to me that visits to concerts and operas leave a lasting impression on the audience. Background knowledge helps to achieve this. That's why I blog here about key works of classical music, about composers, about opera and much more that happens in the exciting world of music.