Opere troppo all’antica? Mozart e il repertorio serio a Napoli nel 1770

This study examines the operatic production of 1770 in Europe and compares it with the works that Mozart composed in that year. It is clear that some works by Jommelli and Cafaro are in line with the innovations that the young Mozart exhibited in his works series written for Milan; it follows that the opera production in Naples on Metastasio's librettos offered substantial morphological innovations.