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SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Mozart's Sister

Maria Anna (Alyona Popova) & Wolfgang Mozart (M. Bryceson Treharne) practicing together.
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Maria Anna (Alyona Popova) & Wolfgang Mozart (M. Bryceson Treharne) practicing together.

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Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Although the children toured Europe together, once Maria Anna came of age, she was left behind while her brother became a star. But controversial new evidence suggests she may have contributed to her brother’s earliest works while a global search for her compositions continues.

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Maria Anna Mozart (Alyona Popova) at a desk reading a letter.
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Maria Anna Mozart (Alyona Popova) at a desk reading a letter.
SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Clues in Maria Anna Mozart's Childhood Notebook

Credits: A production of Media Stockade and The WNET Group, in association with Minderoo Pictures and Evolution Post. Narrated by Jay O. Sanders. Writer and Director is Madeleine Hetherton-Miau. Producers are Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton-Miau. For SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Benjamin Phelps is supervising producer; Stephanie Carter is executive producer; Stephen Segaller is executive in charge.

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