Johan Reuter Johan Reuter Johan Reuter (born 1969) is a Danish baritone and opera singer. Reuter was born in Copenhagen. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and at the Royal Danish Opera Academy. He has been a member of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Opera since 1996. His principal appearances at the Royal Danish Opera are the Mozart roles Leporello and Don Giovanni in "Don Giovanni", Figaro in "Le nozze di Figaro", Papageno in "Die Zauberflöte" and Guglielmo in "Così fan tutte", the Verdi roles Posa in "Don Carlo" and the title roles in "Macbeth" and "Simon Boccanegra",
Beethoven and Mozart paid homage to Mozart by making a quotation from "Don Giovanni" (the opening notes of Leporello's aria ‘Notte e giorno faticar’) the basis of the 22nd of the Diabelli Variations. Beethoven and Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a powerful influence on the work of Ludwig van Beethoven. They are said to have met in Vienna in 1787, and Beethoven is said to have had a few lessons from Mozart. However, this is uncertain, as there is only one account of a meeting, and it is not contemporary. Beethoven knew much of Mozart's work. Some of his themes recall Mozart's, and