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 ...
As someone who has never felt entirely comfortable having my diary fixed more than a few months ahead, it might seem strange that I should choose to undertake a project which is going to take the best ...
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 ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music is, by operatic programming standards, the law. It pleases the people, because the people have come to know it: “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Don Giovanni” and “The Magic ...
For opera, Mozart is king, at least this month in Northeast Ohio. Two different productions are featured this week in Oberlin and at Severance Hall in Cleveland. “La Clemenza di Tito,” one of Mozart’s ...
Christian Capocaccia calls the overture to "Don Giovanni" The biggest spoiler alert in show business. As Artistic Director of Syracuse Opera, he'll be conducting Mozart's 1787 two-act opera Feb. 1 at ...