Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tortelier conducts expansive PSO program
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Multiple enthusiasms converge at this weekend's Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts which offer music from heavenly to earthly sublime, with just enough terror for contrast. Principal guest conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier will collaborate with hot

Remembering Mozart
Free Lance-Star - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began composing minuets at age 6, symphonies at 8, concertos at 9 and opera at 12 in a rush of genius that flourished unabated until 1791, when Mozart began work on his "Requiem in D Minor," a Mass for the dead. He died at the

Truth & transformation
Columbian - Gearing up for his third season as Portland Opera director, Christopher Mattaliano likes to structure his programs on unifying themes. The concept of power, corruption and bigger-than-life characters drove this year's season with, most recently

It ain t over till the phat lady raps
Times Online - What on earth is that bizarre thudding coming from the big rehearsal room at Glyndebourne? As you approach, it sounds rather like the aural warfare you might encounter in the Morrison household on a Saturday morning, with me pumping out Mozart

Eye On Entertainment
AM850.com - The 78th Annual Academy Awards this past Sunday had all the stars, all the latest fashions, and all the controversy. As the United States continues to debate the Iraq War and the spot-light looms over hot-button social issues like gay marriage and