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The bass violinist in Wörgl with Musica Poetica

  • Het Nationale Theater 3 Korte Voorhout Den Haag, ZH, 2511 CW Netherlands (map)

Experience a heartfelt piece of Commedia del'Arte full of slapstick in which the relationship problems of a drunken bass player and his wife are brought to heel. The two let sparks fly, only to end up united in each other's arms.

The music is by Joseph Haydn's brother Michael, who played with Mozart and his father in the Salzburg court orchestra.

Incidentally, Leopold Mozart complained about his often drunken fellow musicians. So it may well be that Michael Haydn's work also contains autobiographical references.