Mozart's Birthday

January On The Vocal Scene
Gay City News - David Daniels was to make his Philadelphia debut in a recital a few years back and was felled by the flu. The City of Brotherly Love finally got to hear the openly gay countertenor superstar in a program with the Philadelphia Orchestra last month

Top-notch players
Times - "Music that Dazzles & Endures," the 33rd season of the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra, stands out for its creative, collaborative programming that pushes traditional boundaries. The "Under the Big Top" Family Concert (Feb. 25), for example

Voices STD (Stuff to Do) February 17, 2006
Chicago Maroon - Look for good deals on clothes, books, shoes, and assorted odds and ends and feel good about yourself in the process at tonight s Rummage Sale for Darfur Relief, sponsored by Amnesty International, the Muslim Students Association, and

Mozart didn't buy Telstra
Sidney Morning Herald - NOTHING takes your mind off being the Minister for Telstra better than a night at the opera. And so it was for the Honorable Helen Coonan, who joined the official party last night for the opening of Opera Australia's The Magic Flute . Senator Coonan

2005 Power of the Pen
Hamilton Spectator - No way Jose, I am not going in there. This is what I thought to myself as I looked up at the big, old, creepy-looking house I was obligated to enter. It was located on an eerie, deserted lane. See, it was Saturday and I was doing deliveries for

MacMillan: Birthdays fill Aspen festival bill
Denver Post - Unusual operas and celebrations of milestone anniversaries of the births of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dmitri Shostakovich highlight the Aspen Music Festival's 2006 season - one of the most promising in recent memory. More than 350 concerts, master