La Clemenza di Tito
La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621, was an opera written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was in fact his very last opera, written just after his towering opera Die Zauberflöte. Completed in just 18 days, its commission was for one of the coronations of Emperor Leopold II. It lacks the typical inspiration of Mozart, and is based on a libretto by Metastasio edited into more useful state by Mazzola, who, unusually, Mozart credited. Written at the time of the accession of a new Holy Roman Emperor, the story is based on the life of Roman EmperorTitus, who forgives his enemies far too easily, and is hence assassinated.
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