Exploring the fascinating, tragically short life of Mozart like never before, this three-part series weaves together insightful interviews, sumptuous dramatic reconstruction and dazzling live orchestra. Together, they paint a compelling portrait of a singular man who changed music – and society – forever.

From his years wowing Europe as a celebrated child prodigy to his tragic death, Mozart’s brief, wild life was filled with rebellion, love and loss, and of course brilliance. As European culture flourished, the era’s experimentation in art and ideas allowed Mozart to become first a high-society darling, and then a rebellious outsider and one of the central figures of the Enlightenment.

The series boasts interviews with eminent experts and historians, leading figures in classical and popular music, and superstars of stage and screen, alongside rich period drama providing a tangible sense of time and place.