The title of the work refers to the English translation of Mozart's famous Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music). The opera is described as being "based on a dream he had December 4, 1791, the night that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died and Antonio Salieri didn't." The opera was "newly exhumed" (a.k.a.
The title of this work refers to the English translation of Mozart's famous Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music). This opera is said to be inspired by a dream that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had on December 4, 1791 – the night before his death and the night when Antonio Salieri supposedly didn't exist.