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Today in History: Mozart's 15-year-old opera Ascanio premieres in Milan
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- On 17 October 1771, fifteen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart saw his pastoral opera *Ascanio in Alba* (K. 111) debut in Milan. Commissioned by Empress Maria Theresa, the two-part work, set to Giuseppe Parini’s Italian libretto, celebrated Archduke Ferdinand Karl’s marriage to Maria Beatrice d’Este.