Mozart wrote his first opera at 12, and went on to pen 22 in the course of his life This summer there’s a rare opportunity to see Mozart’s La finta giardiniera fully staged in a new Glyndebourne ...

This week, Chicago’s being treated to dueling performances of Mozart by the city’s two major opera companies. If you like Mozart, it’s a minifestival—complementary performances of the prodigy’s ...

“Do you know who that is?” a nearby woman asked a pair of children in her charge as they turned the corner in a crowded gallery at the Morgan Library in New York. Whether they peered up at the small ...

Teodor Currentzis is a Greek born conductor who trained in Moscow. Today he lives and works in the city of Perm, in the Ural mountains. Most recordings of Mozart's works come from Salzburg, Vienna, ...

In an era when almost all opera recordings are DVD videos, it’s remarkable to have a pair of Mozart releases designed specifically for audio only. It’s even nicer that both are so good. Deutsche ...

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1781 masterpiece “Idomeneo,” his early ...

One day 52 years ago, George Cleve, the San Jose Symphony’s conductor, was kicking back for a few beers with some of the ...

Genesis Opera Theatre recently announced its upcoming production of Mozart’s timeless opera “The Magic Flute,” set to captivate audiences from Sept. 6-8 at STAR Repertory Theatre in Escondido. “The ...

An updated Mozart classic, set in modern-day Beverly Hills, tackles race and immigration issues. By Jordan Riefe ‘White Lotus’ and the Ultra-Luxurious Thailand Hotels That Stood in for the “Best ...

Opera is impossible and always has been. The operatic ideal, an imagined union of all the human senses and all art forms—music, drama, dance, poetry, painting—is unattainable by its very nature. This ...