Alexandra Coghlan

Travels in Italy with the teenage Mozart

Jane Glover follows the rapturous Wolfgang around Venice, Bologna, Florence and Naples on three journeys that would change the young composer’s life

Portrait of Mozart, aged 13, in Verona, attributed to Giambettino Cignaroli. [Alamy] 
issue 30 September 2023

  • Mozart in Italy: Coming of Age in the Land of Opera

    Jane Glover

    Picador, pp. 288, £25

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