History Trivia / Mozart

** In 2002, 19-year-old singer-songwriter Akinori Nakagawa made his acting debut as Mozart, a role which he reprised several times. He has since gone on to become one of the top stars of Japan's musical world, winning awards for his performance as Frankie in ''Theatre/JerseyBoys'', and creating the role of Cesare in ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto''. "''Boku koso Music''" ("''Ich bin Music''") is [[https://youtu.be/6vh0fU_cv9A?t=293 still one of his signature songs]], and it always features in his concert tours. He even once performed a medley of "''Boku-myu''", "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", and Cesare's IWantSong.

* CreatorCameo: In the [[https://youtu.be/4QzqBreGV14 promotional music video of “Wie wird man seinen Schatten los?”]] for the 2015 revival in Vienna, co-creator Sylvester Levay can be seen directing Oedo Kuipers in the recording studio.

** Oedo Kuipers in the 2015 revival. Previously a swing cover in the 2015 Hamburg revival of [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera The Phantom of the Opera]], [[DoingItForTheArt he was so determined to get the role that he spent a lot of money on voice lessons]]. [[note]]The role of Mozart is said to be one of the hardest roles in musical theatre, and to be able to get that role at the age of 25 is nothing short of impressive.[[/note]]

** In 2002, 19-year-old singer-songwriter Akinori Nakagawa made his acting debut as Mozart, a role which he reprised several times. He has since gone on to become one of the top stars of Japan's musical world, winning awards for his performance as Frankie in ''Theatre/JerseyBoys'', and creating the role of Cesare in ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto''. "''Boku koso Music''" ("''Ich bin Music''") is [[https://youtu.be/6vh0fU_cv9A?t=293 still one of his signature songs]], and it always features in his concert tours.
* YouLookFamiliar: Cäcilia Weber's husband and "friend" is played by the same actor.

* StarMakingRole: Oedo Kuipers in the 2015 revival. Previously a swing cover in the 2015 Hamburg revival of [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera The Phantom of the Opera]], [[DoingItForTheArt he was so determined to get the role that he spent a lot of money on voice lessons]]. [[note]]The role of Mozart is said to be one of the hardest roles in musical theatre, and to be able to get that role at the age of 25 is nothing short of impressive.[[/note]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Kuipers' Mozart displays many of the traits associated with people on the autism spectrum.[[note]]The idea as to whether or not the composer was on the spectrum has been the subject of debate.[[/note]]
** He's very blunt - he says what he means, and he means what he says, refusing to kowtow to anyone. He even sasses the Emperor, who luckily take it in stride.
** He has NoSocialSkills. Leopold even says outright that he is "too childish for the cold and cunning game of life".
** His spending habits show a lack of foresight. Examples include his sending money to Mannheim for the Webers while his mother is starving, and his gambling away the money he intended to send his sister for her marriage.
** He's rocking back and forth in a fetal position (hard to spot because he's sitting on a piano stool) during ''Niemand liebt dich so wie ich (Reprise)''.
** During ''Papa ist tot'', at news of a tragic event, he puts his thumb in his mouth as Constanze is trying to comfort him and Nannerl is saying she would never forgive him.
** Music is his special interest, which has many repetitive movements (especially piano playing), suitable for self-stimulation/stimming.

** At the 1:17 mark, co-creator Michael Kunze is seen chatting with the two on Oedo’s [[EveryoneOwnsAMac MacBook]] via Skype.

** At the 1:17 mark, co-creator Michael Kunze is seen chatting with the two on Oedo’s MacBook via Skype.

* FakeNationality: From the DVD:
** Oedo Kuipers (Wolfgang Mozart) and Ana Milva Gomes (Baroness von Waldstätten) are Dutch, while their characters are German. [[note]]Austria and its tourism industry continues to capitalize on Mozart's legacy, but the Mozarts identified as German.[[/note]]
** German-born Mark Seibert plays the Austrian Hieronymus von Colloredo.

* FakeNationality: The majority of the cast are German actors playing Austrians. To name only a few from the DVD:
** The main leads are Dutch Oedo Kuipers (Wolfgang Mozart) and German-born Thomas Borchert (Leopold Mozart) as well as Mark Seibert (Archbishop Colloredo).
** Ana Milva Gomes (Baroness von Waldstätten) is Dutch.

* ThrowItIn: During a performance in Shanghai, Sophie Wilfert (Amadè) had a nosebleed during ''Wie wird man seinen Schatten los''. She used this by brandishing her bloody hand to Thomas Hohler (Mozart) with a SlasherSmile for that entire song.

** Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}: Borchert and Seibert were Deaths, the former in the early run of the show, and the latter starting with the 2012 tour. [[note]]Outside of the DVD, original Colloredo Uwe Kröger was the first Death.[[/note]] Some Rudolfs went on to play Mozart, for example Thomas Hohler and Gernot Romic.

** Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}: Borchert and Seibert were Deaths, the former in the early run of the show, and the latter starting with the 2012 tour. Some Rudolfs went on to play Mozart, for example Thomas Hohler and Gernot Romic.

** Theatre/{{LegallyBlonde}}: Ana Milva Gomes (Baroness von Waldstätten) and Barbara Obermeier were, respectively, Paulette Bonafonté and Elle Woods.

* ThrowItIn: During a performance in Shanghai, Sophie Wilfert (Amadè) had a nosebleed during ''Wie wird man seinen Schatten los''. She used this by brandishing her bloody hand to Thomas Hohler (Mozart) with a SlasherSmile for that entire song.