The Other Mozart Written and Performed by Sylvia Milo; Directed by Isaac Byrne

This summer, HERE hosts The Other Mozart, a solo play created and performed by Sylvia Milo about Amadeus Mozart’s sister Nannerl: “a forgotten genius.” Nannerl Mozart was a talented musician and composer recognized by the courts of Europe and her own brother, but limited by her position in life. Based on research and lines pulled directly from the Mozart family’s letters, this play paints the portrait of a talented and passionate woman who was endlessly held back by circumstances of geography, finance, and gender. The audience is guided through a remarkable woman’s lifetime of struggle and insistence, growing to love her thanks to the care and spirit of Milo’s phenomenal portrayal. Sylvia Milo infuses the evening with charm, emotion, and endless energy. She plays Nannerl Mozart seamlessly from childhood to old age, through periods of optimism, frustration, desperation, and peace. In Milo’s capable hands, Nannerl’s life is epic in it’s smallness and devastating in its depth.