Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991)
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
Top billed cast
Ute LemperWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
David ThomasLeopold
Julian GloverJoseph Haydn
Tony RohrLudwig van Beethoven
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