Mozart was fascinated, amused, aroused, hurt, and betrayed by women He loved and respected them, composed for them, performed with them This biography looks at his interaction with each, starting with his family - his mother, Maria Anna and beloved and talented sister, Nannerl, and his marriage - which brought his 'other family', the Weber sisters His relationships with his artists are examined, in particular those of his operas, through whose characters Mozart gave voice to the emotions of women who were, like his entire female acquaintance, restrained by the conventions and structures of eighteenth-century society