Probably the greatest genius in Western musical history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27, 1756, the son of Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Pertl. Leopold was a ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operas are all multifaceted affairs, but none more so than "Cosi fan tutte." Besides the humor, vitality and humanity that all his comedies contain, the work has a ...

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 ...

San Francisco Opera will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Idomeneo from June 14–25 as part of its 2025 Summer Season at the War Memorial Opera House. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads ...

San Francisco Opera is performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Idomeneo from June 14 through June 25 as part of its 2025 Summer Season at the War Memorial Opera House. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun ...

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 ...

Opera San Jose has put together a real treat for Mozart lovers and movie buffs with a 35th anniversary screening of “Amadeus” at the majestic California Theatre on Aug. 9. Among his many compositions, ...

From what we know, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived at least two-thirds of the maxim: live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse. Whatever the cause of death of the composer, it appears to have ...

‘Amadeus,” the 1984 eight Academy Award-winning Miloš Forman film, didn’t originate the idea that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was poisoned by his mediocre colleague Antonio Salieri, nor the 1979 Tony ...

Producing an 18th Century opera and a contemporary work within a month’s time might seem hectic, but it has become a successful calling card for OrpheusPDX. The plucky opera company, now in its fourth ...

Hans Otte’s “Book of Sounds,” Jan Lisiecki’s fresh take on Mozart piano concertos and the works of an overlooked composer are among our selections. A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and ...