He instructed his father by letter to express his wishes diplomatically to Varesco and thus posterity gained a deep insight into Mozart’s work. When Mozart left Salzburg for Munich in November 1780 to prepare the production, the libretto was still in the making. The well-read Varesco was an experienced writer, but he had no theater experience and consequently wrote too much text, which Mozart had to shorten continuously. Mozart arranged for Salzburg’s chaplain Giambattista Varesco to write the libretto. It was written by Antoine Danchet, who took the Greek tragedy of Troy’s homecomer Idomeneo as his basis and supplemented it with the love story of Idamante and Iliad. The choice of the “Idoménée” as the subject of the opera was made by the prince himself. Without further ado, the Prince had taken the entire orchestra and the best singers with him to Munich, including Aloysia Weber, Mozart’s first love and sister of his later wife Konstanze. He was all the happier when three years later he received a commission from Munich to compose an opera for Karl August, who now reigned in Munich. Mozart was impressed and made friends with the musicians. Orchestra and singers had the reputation of being the best in Europe.
On the way to Paris, Mozart had stopped in Mannheim in 1775 and got to know the local Residenz Theater, which was held by the art-loving Elector Karl August.
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