Friday, April 07, 2006

Mozart Music - Expect a spectacle at FSU Opera's 'Caesar'


Expect a spectacle at FSU Opera's 'Caesar'
Tallahassee Democrat - Florida State Opera director Matthew Lata's eyes lit up as he made the offer before a dress rehearsal for G.F. Handel's "Julius Caesar in Egypt" began Wednesday evening. The lavish Baroque opera opens this weekend and runs through April 1 in Opperman

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Mozart Music - Expect a spectacle at FSU Opera's 'Caesar'


Expect a spectacle at FSU Opera's 'Caesar'
Tallahassee Democrat - Florida State Opera director Matthew Lata's eyes lit up as he made the offer before a dress rehearsal for G.F. Handel's "Julius Caesar in Egypt" began Wednesday evening. The lavish Baroque opera opens this weekend and runs through April 1 in Opperman

Mozart Music - New Documents Suggest Mozart Wasn't Poor (AP via Yahoo! News)



New Documents Suggest Mozart Wasn't Poor (AP via Yahoo! News)
For centuries, historians have portrayed Mozart as poor, but new documents suggest the composer was not nearly as hard-up for cash as many have believed.
Singing the praises of Mozart's music - Baltimore Sun

Singing the praises of Mozart's music
Baltimore Sun, United States - Mar 17, 2006
... is the final event in a six-week city arts celebration of Mozart's 250th birthday ... Under the baton of Annapolis Opera music director Ronald J. Gretz, the singers ...

100 years, set to music
Americus Times-Recorder - AMERICUS A Georgia Southwestern State University student and professor are making beautiful music together collaborating on a sweeping composition that chronicles a century of achievement. English professor Gabriele U. Stauf, Ph.D., has ...
Music for the Mind (The Daily Free Press)
More than 200 years after his death, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart still has the ability to influence thousands of people around the world. The Mozart Effect, a technique originally described in the research of Alfred Tomatis, claims that the music of the Austrian composer has the power to reduce stress, clear minds and even boost intelligence.
Mozart as Mozart would have played it - The News Journal

Mozart as Mozart would have played it
The News Journal, DE - Apr 2, 2006
... But what did the concerto sound like? No one knows. There would be no recordings of Mozart's music for more than 100 years. One ...

'Pauper' Mozart Was Comfortably Well Off
New York Sun - VIENNA, Austria - For centuries, historians have portrayed Mozart as poor, but new documents suggest the composer was not nearly as hard-up for cash as many have believed. Scholars who combed through Austrian archives for an exhibition opening ...