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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

Slovakia pays tribute to genius of Mozart
Slovak Spectator - ON THE DAY of his birth, January 27, Austria celebrated the musical genius, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, in grand style. Salzburg and Vienna, the cities most closely associated with the composer, reverberated to the sound of the maestro's works in opera

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

Slovakia pays tribute to genius of Mozart
Slovak Spectator - ON THE DAY of his birth, January 27, Austria celebrated the musical genius, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, in grand style. Salzburg and Vienna, the cities most closely associated with the composer, reverberated to the sound of the maestro's works in opera

Best Bets for Feb. 17-23 (The Greenville News)
Friday, Feb. 17
Blog: Weisz, Williams face off for Oscar - San Jose Mercury News

Blog: Weisz, Williams face off for Oscar San Jose Mercury News, USA - 3 hours ago ... actor in "Casablanca" and Ingrid Bergman sloughed off as his supporting actress (OK, so Bergman was nominated that year for best actress in ... Mozart and Salieri. ...

Clarinetist pays tribute to Mozart for his 250th birthday
Salt Lake Tribune - If pressed to name a famous clarinetist, most would say big band leader Benny Goodman, who crossed genres to record Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Quintet (both in A major) with members of the Boston Symphony in 1956. Richard Stoltzman, who also ...
Mozart enjoys good run (The State)
Jared Johnson, one of the organizers of the S.C. Mozart Festival, celebrated the end of the three-week event by having a root canal Monday morning. But he was smiling.
Classical CD Reviews - Taipei Times

Classical CD Reviews Taipei Times, Taiwan - 14 hours ago ... earlier soloists haven't given us already, and rather less than the best of them ... But for me these new Mozart piano concerto recordings may sell well during this ...

Best Bets for Feb. 17-23 (The Greenville News)
Friday, Feb. 17
Day By Day Calendar - Richmond Times Dispatch

Day By Day Calendar Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - 8 hours ago ... dinner theater offering, opening 7:30 pm at Mystery Dinner Playhouse, Best Western Governor's ... "The Magic Flute," Theatre IV adaptation of Mozart's comic opera ... Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond Times Dispatch all 2 related

In this corner, fighting and funny: An Albee marriage
International Herald Tribune - LONDON Broadway spends so much time importing productions from Britain ("Festen" and "The History Boys" are next) that it's time to raise a double cheer for the recent New York arrival of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Just opened ...
CSO Celebrates Mozart (The Chattanoogan)
The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera kicks off a yearlong celebration of Mozart s 250th birthday with two performances, Thursday, Feb. 23, and Friday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m.
Day By Day Calendar - Richmond Times Dispatch

Day By Day Calendar Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - 8 hours ago ... dinner theater offering, opening 7:30 pm at Mystery Dinner Playhouse, Best Western Governor's ... "The Magic Flute," Theatre IV adaptation of Mozart's comic opera ... Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond Times Dispatch all 2 related

Slovakia pays tribute to genius of Mozart
Slovak Spectator - ON THE DAY of his birth, January 27, Austria celebrated the musical genius, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, in grand style. Salzburg and Vienna, the cities most closely associated with the composer, reverberated to the sound of the maestro's works in opera

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

Blog: Not All Cowboys Created Equal (AP via Yahoo! News)
AP writers are covering the scene as Hollywood gets ready for its big night on March 5. They'll be filing periodic reports on the goings-on as the perfect outfits are selected, the red carpet is readied and the gold statuettes are polished for the annual awards show.
Concertgebouw lights up Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' - Chicago Sun-Times

Concertgebouw lights up Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 17 hours ago ... 27 for Mozart. ... on Sunday afternoon, Amsterdam's venerable Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra stopped by Symphony Center with one of Shostakovich's best-known works ...

The State - Jared Johnson, one of the organizers of the S.C.
The many muses of Amadeus (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
The year 2006, the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of Mozart's birth, has unsurprisingly yielded a plethora of new Mozart biographies. Yet as far as I know, no one besides the British conductor Jane Glover has devoted an entire book to the women, "who inspired, fascinated, supported, amused, aroused and sometimes hurt Mozart throughout his life."
Blog: Not all cowboys created equal - Miami Herald

Blog: Not all cowboys created equal Miami Herald, FL - 12 hours ago ... actor in "Casablanca" and Ingrid Bergman sloughed off as his supporting actress (OK, so Bergman was nominated that year for best actress in ... Mozart and Salieri. ...

The State - Jared Johnson, one of the organizers of the S.C.

Mozart's Mystery Symphonies (New York Times)
Aside from a little gratuitous phrase-stretching, Lorin Maazel and his orchestra were sophistication and attentiveness themselves.
The best of the best - Times Picayune

The best of the best Times Picayune, LA - Feb 11, 2006 ... in both North America and Europe. At UNO, it will play music by Mozart, Bartok and Schubert. The American Brass Quintet, founded ...

Eight-Bit Symphonies
Phoenix New Times - Bach. Beethoven. Brahms.
La Scala Revives Mozart Production (AP via Yahoo! News)
It's not just Mozart who's celebrating a big anniversary, 250 years after his birth. La Scala, Italy's most renowned opera house, is marking the 25th anniversary of a classic production of one of his best-loved works, "Le Nozze di Figaro."

The English Concert, Wigmore Hall, London (Independent)
Tired of Mozart? If so, you have good company in the shape of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, which seemingly sleepwalked its way through his music for Prague and Vienna with Sir Roger Norrington and fortepianist Robert Levin at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Tuesday.
Soprano takes command of stage - Kansas City Star

Soprano takes command of stage Kansas City Star, MO - 11 hours ago ... As knock-your-socks off she could be in Mozart s rough-hewn early arias ... dense Ariettes oubliees. (The pianist, Jeffrey Price, was also at his best here ...

Tell Tales
Beacon - A big Happy Birthday goes out to my good friend, Big Bad Jerry Lippus, who turns 75 this weekend. Mr. Downtown Port Clinton recently got out of Magruder Hospital following surgery. His Big Bad Jerry ads back in the 80s were a big reason ...
Mozart Celebration | Today (The State)
Rebecca Nagel & Friends. Free. 12:30 p.m., Trinity Cathedral, 1100 Sumter St. Amadeus. $8-$15. 8 p.m., Workshop Theatre, Bull and Gervais streets. (803) 799-6551 or workshoptheatre.com (extended through Feb. 18).
Soprano takes command of stage - Kansas City Star

Soprano takes command of stage Kansas City Star, MO - 11 hours ago ... As knock-your-socks off she could be in Mozart s rough-hewn early arias ... dense Ariettes oubliees. (The pianist, Jeffrey Price, was also at his best here ...

All the backstage Grammy banter
Jam! Showbiz - Mariah had a long pee break after going three-for-eight at the Grammys. LOS ANGELES -- If you watched the Grammy Awards, here's what you didn't hear backstage in the print room, on the red carpet at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy shindig, or during ...

Mozart Celebration | Today (The State)
Rebecca Nagel & Friends. Free. 12:30 p.m., Trinity Cathedral, 1100 Sumter St. Amadeus. $8-$15. 8 p.m., Workshop Theatre, Bull and Gervais streets. (803) 799-6551 or workshoptheatre.com (extended through Feb. 18).
Remembering Amadeus - Jerusalem Post

Remembering Amadeus Jerusalem Post, Israel - Feb 10, 2006 ... These three operas are considered to be not only the best of Mozart's operatic works, but are counted among the great masterpieces of the genre.

Eight-Bit Symphonies
Phoenix New Times - Bach. Beethoven. Brahms.
La Scala Revives Mozart Production (San Francisco Chronicle)
It's not just Mozart who's celebrating a big anniversary, 250 years after his birth. La Scala, Italy's most renowned opera house, is marking the 25th anniversary of a classic production of one of his best-loved works, "Le Nozze di Figaro." The staging...
The best of the best - Times Picayune

The best of the best Times Picayune, LA - 15 hours ago ... in both North America and Europe. At UNO, it will play music by Mozart, Bartok and Schubert. The American Brass Quintet, founded ...