The operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) are dramas for today. They seem uncannily topical, treating human relationships with a subtlety and ambiguity that binds them to the present. Yet it ...

Among the many risks taken by Opera Philadelphia over the past two years, none has been greater than the current production of Mitridate, re di Ponto — the quirk of it all being that such a risk is ...

If a troupe of latter-day vaudevillians wandered into a pristine, 18th-century jewel-box theater and was inspired — or compelled — to perform Mozart’s “Magic Flute,” what might be the result? Mary ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is remembered as one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. His compositions are still revered as among the best classical music ever written. Part of Mozart’s legacy ...

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. For the fan of Mozart’s unfailingly beautiful music, these are two strong productions that ...

PHILADELPHIA — Brenda Rae was driving with her husband and children from their home in Minneapolis to visit her father in ...