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Mozart, alive and well at 250, revisits his European haunts
International Herald Tribune - Two hundred and fifty years old and still considered a wunderkind: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, probably the most beloved classical composer in the Western world, is the birthday boy of 2006, and he will be honored around the globe. Mozart was himself a

Europe events, retirees set to lift travel industry
Daily Yomiuri On-Line - With events including the Winter Olympics and soccer World Cup finals and backed by a rise in leisure spending due to the economic recovery, the travel industry is expecting a banner year for travel to Europe. Senior citizens, who have plenty of time

Move over, Mozart: Music of now comes to Santa Clara (San Jose Mercury News)
The musical world is busy celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday. But this weekend, the music of now will be celebrated at the 2006 Santa Clara New Music Festival.
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Rupert Christiansen reviews Le nozze di Figaro performed by the ... Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 10 hours ago ... of Le nozze di Figaro - the Royal Opera's first contribution to Mozart's 250th birthday ... people to work with, but he certainly knows how to get the best out of ... The Marriage Of Figaro, Royal Opera House, London Independent Le nozze di Figaro musicOMH.com Don't you dare knock Mozart Independent all 6 related

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San Francisco Gate - For Black History Month, Datebook has interviewed 20 Bay Area African American artists about their creative processes, influences and goals. The profiles will run Monday through Friday this month. . Robert Moses is the... REVIEW / Self-deprecating ...
Best Bets (Duluth News Tribune)
He calls them dykes. Then he starts punching.

Don't you dare knock Mozart (Independent)
A hurricane blows into the Royal Opera House's offices. Its name is David McVicar. The hottest property in opera direction, newly nominated for two Olivier awards, the 39-year-old Glaswegian is in a filthy mood. Rehearsals for his new production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro are going well, but he's just encountered a problem with the surtitling translations. "It will be so sorted," McVicar
Azmari Quartet shines with Bartok - Cincinnati Enquirer

Azmari Quartet shines with Bartok Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - 9 hours ago ... The group opened with Mozart's Quartet in C Major, K. 465, "Dissonance." In this ... Best of all, the players communicated with each other in a dialogue that glowed ...

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Tacoma News Tribune - Playwright August Wilson died in October, but not before completing his 10-play cycle chronicling the black American experience in the 20th century, including such works as Fences, The Piano Lesson and Ma Rainey s Black Bottom ...
Mozart would have applauded pianist (Miami Herald)
The major cause for celebration at the New World Symphony's commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth on Saturday night at the Lincoln Theater was an extraordinary performance by Italian pianist Benedetto Lupo of one of the Salzburg master's most popular works, the Piano Concerto No.21 in C Major. Lupo, the bronze medal winner of the 1989 Van Cliburn Competition, is a musician of
Mozart's Don Giovanni Is Bisexual Manager in Paris Staging - Bloomberg

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Mozart's Don Giovanni Is Bisexual Manager in Paris Staging Bloomberg - 17 hours ago ... There is, of course, plenty of violence and twisted sex in Mozart's work, and Haneke delivers what was ... Mattei and Pisaroni are by far the best of the lot. ... Mozart's Don Giovanni Is Bisexual Manager in Paris (Update1) Bloomberg all 3 related

Azmari Quartet shines
Cincinnati Enquirer - As string quartets go, the Azmari Quartet is in its infancy, founded just three years ago. But a concert Wednesday night in Greaves Hall at Northern Kentucky University, where its members are artists-in-residence, showed an ensemble with much to say ...

Mozart, alive and well at 250, revisits his European haunts (International Herald Tribune)
Two hundred and fifty years old and still considered a wunderkind: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, probably the most beloved classical composer in the Western world, is the birthday boy of 2006, and he will be honored around the globe.
Don't you dare knock Mozart - Independent

Don't you dare knock Mozart Independent, UK - 8 hours ago ... As for his Oliver Award nominations, they are for Outstanding Achievement in Opera and Best New Opera Production, both for Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito at ...

Local concerts celebrate
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Charles Gounod knew a good tune when he heard it - his adaptation of Bach's "Ave Maria" may be Christianity's
An uplifting Mozart spectacle (San Jose Mercury News)
British conductor John Eliot Gardiner has been at it for a long time. But still, you have to ask: How does he do it? How, in the first place, does he manage to tour with his own personal orchestra and choir? With the backing of a billionaire? And more importantly, how does he offer up performances that become spectacles -- and, at their best, are reminders of just how uplifting music can be?