The Met made history in December 2006 when it presented its first Live in HD transmission to cinemas worldwide: the abridged ...

“The Magic Flute” was composed by Mozart in 1791. It is the story of Tamino, a handsome prince, who is on a quest to rescue his love, Pamina. After many tests and debacles endured by the prince and ...

Pianist Katie Mahan in front of the cottage where Mozart wrote large parts of his opera "The Magic Flute." Freemasons, the Illuminati and the mystery of who killed Mozart are all part of the lore ...

For her beguiling reimagining of “The Magic Flute,” adapter/director Mary Zimmerman scaled back Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved 18th-century singspiel. But she did not skimp. Zimmerman’s downsized ...

• Sung in: English with English surtitles. • Running time: 3 hours, with intermission. • When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. • Where: Tucson Music Hall ...

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Mozart lived to write opera, but he struggled with box office success. The initial run of "The Marriage of Figaro" in Vienna ran only nine times before closing. "Cosi fan tutte" was performed only ...

Like some fairy tale spring that never runs dry, the eloquence and freshness of Mozart's music continue to inspire composers two and a half centuries after his death. The latest opus to draw on those ...

The Isango Ensemble, one of the world’s most unusual, interesting and important theater and opera companies, doesn’t distinguish between African theater and European opera. Nor does the company from ...

Mozart's "The Magic Flute" gives directors license to indulge their most colorful fantasies - to imagine the grandeur of a woman who rules the stars, to see lovers walk through fire, to hear songs of ...

Mozart gave the Queen of the Night one of the most treacherous arias in all of opera: "Der Hoelle Rache" — "Hell's Revenge." It's heard in Act Two, as the Queen (soprano Anna-Kristiina Kaapola) is ...