Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was more than just a child prodigy and pop star of his time. This year's Mozartfest delves deep into his soul. Mozart's "Magic Flute" is one of the most famous and reverred ...

A charming fairy tale. An entertaining lowbrow musical comedy. An elevated parable of love. An ideological battleground of good vs. evil, darkness vs. light, freedom vs. repression. Proof that ...

Produced by star director Roland Emmerich, the film version of Mozart's opera classic "The Magic Flute" aims for an international audience. Settings a la Harry Potter, opera stars and a diverse cast ...

A celebration of some of Mozart's greatest woodwind concertos, in Claudio Abbado's 80th birthday year. Drive Featured Album, 22 April 2013. If this album is anything to go by, there's a reason ...

With her newly released recording of Mozart's flute quartets, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Sonora Slocum makes both a musical and visual statement. Slocum recorded the four quartets ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The first time Austrian theater and opera director Nikolaus Habjan heard “The Magic Flute,” at age 4, he was smitten, transfixed. He was a busy, restless child, but when he ...

In the mid-’70s I was living in Northampton, Mass., biding my time for the summer before becoming an impoverished graduate student in music. Every morning I got up at 5 a.m. to go sweep floors and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – No trials await those who attend the Cleveland Orchestra’s new production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Getting tickets will be difficult, yes – the show is essentially sold out – ...

Margarida Bastos is a native Portuguese writer with an avid interest in gaming, anime, theatre, books, film and TV. Essentially, everything that has to do with the multifaceted nature and fascinating ...

A small and enthusiastic ensemble now in its 35th season, the Virginia Chamber Orchestra used 29 of its players in a Mozart-and-more concert Sunday afternoon at Northern Virginia Community College in ...

“I’m always in awe of Mozart. There is no one like him,” said Music Director Stéphane Denève, whose earlier experiences conducting opera forever impacted his appreciation for Mozart’s brilliant ...