During the summer of 1770, the young Mozart was staying with his father in Bologna and working on his first opera for Italy, Mitridate, re di Ponto, which was supposed to be performed in Milan later that year.
V průběhu léta 1770 pobýval mladý Mozart s otcem v Bologni a pracoval na své první opeře pro Itálii, Mithridates, král pontský, která měla být uvedena později téhož roku v Miláně.