CHAPTER IV.

ELOPEMENT FROM THE SERAGLIO--FIGARO--DON GIOVANNI.

Opinions on the Idomeneo--Tired of Salzburg--Goes to Vienna--The Archbishop Again--Mozart Treated by Him with Indignity--Paternal Reproaches--Assailed by Slander--He Leaves Salzburg--Experiences in Vienna--Austrian Society--The German Stage--The Emperor Expresses a Wish that Mozart might Write a New Opera--Mozart’s Love for Constance Weber--Description of Constance--The New Opera--Mozart’s Marriage--The Emperor’s Opinion of Mozart’s Music--Mozart’s Interest In the Figaro--Its Composition--Its Success--Mozart’s Poverty--In Bohemia--His Popularity in Prague--Meaning of the Don Giovanni--Richard Wagner on Mozart, 118-180