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Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
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Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs

1991-01-01 · 30 min · ★ 7.0

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Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

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Directors
Jeremy Newson
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United Kingdom
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Ute LemperUte LemperWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
David ThomasLeopold
Julian GloverJulian GloverJoseph Haydn
Tony RohrTony RohrLudwig van Beethoven

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