It is not known for certain whether the music that Mozart composed was performed with the play during his lifetime. The play's première took place at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna, probably on 4 April 1774, by which time two choruses had been written. Performances in Salzburg in 1776 and 1779-80 may have incorporated the orchestral interludes and the three choruses in their final form, respectively. The music was re-used in 1783 in a different play (set in India, not Egypt), Lanassa, by Karl Martin Plümicke.
| Librettist | Tobias Philipp Gebler (1726-1786) (incidental music for a play written by Tobias Philippe Gebler) |
| Date of composition | 1780 (1773-1780) |
| Premiered | 1774, April 4th (Kärntnertortheater) in Vienna, Austria |
| Catalogue | KV K.345 ; K⁶.336a |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Chorus/Choir Voice - Solo voices ; |
| Autotranslations beta |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Thamos, König in Ägypten, KV K.345 ; K⁶.336a "Thamos, King of Egypt" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Thamos, König in Ägypten, KV K.345 ; K⁶.336a "Thamos, King of Egypt" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Thamos, König in Ägypten, KV K.345 ; K⁶.336a "Thamos, King of Egypt" |