Mozart's middle name, Theophilus, means "loved by God" in Greek. He liked to use the Latin translation: Amadeus.

While in Vienna as a child, Mozart performed for Empress Maria Theresa. According to legend, he amused her when he asked one of her young daughters, Marie Antoinette to marry him. It's a fun story; unfortunately, most historians say it's not true.

Mozart was buried in a common grave, in accordance with contemporary Viennese custom, at the St. Marx Cemetery outside the city.

The Pretend Garden-Girl tells the story of Count Belfiore and the Marchioness Violante Onesti, who were lovers before Belfiore stabbed Violante in a fit of rage.

The Philosopher's Stone, or the Enchanted Isle was jointly composed by Johann Baptist Henneberg, Benedikt Schack, Franz Xaver Gerl, Emanuel Schikaneder, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1790. The libretto was written by Schikaneder.

The Goose of Cairo is an incomplete Italian opera buffa in three acts, begun by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1783 but abandoned in October of that same year.

The Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seeks to join it.

Don Alfonso is the old philosopher in Così fan tutte.

The Marriage of Figaro was the first of three collaborations between Mozart and Da Ponte; their later collaborations were Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte.

The high priest Sarastro is written for a bass performer. Originally played by Franz Xaver Gerl, the role includes a conspicuous F₂ in a few locations.