If you’re travelling to Europe between now and April, an exhibition by the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation sounds like a good excuse to visit that city.
The exhibition which is entitled Mozart Pictures – Pictures of Mozart displays 12 portraits of the composer. Only 14 were painted of him during his lifetime, and the Foundation owns 9 of these.
More from the New York Times and the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation.
Mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble talks about life during and after lockdown – the disruption and loss, self-realisations, her responsibilities as a teacher and the opportunities – new and returning.
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When the voices of Halcyon get together with the voices of Vox, you can expect a vision of the future. This weekend they collaborate in a programme called Dreams and Dances in which the focus is very definitely on the ‘here and now’ as well as on ‘what’s next’. Halcyon is Australia’s premiere new music vocal ensemble, created…
“We’re righting a wrong to present composers whose works are de rigeur in the rest of the world as a festival event .” A potent statement from Jack Symonds, conductor and music director of Sydney Chamber Opera about the double-bill the company is presenting for the Sydney Festival. Under the collective title His Music…
Nick Galvin talks to harpsichord maker Carey Beebe as he prepares the keyboard for the tour by the Academy of Ancient Music. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/harpsichord-maker-carey-beebe-goes-for-baroque-on-restored-harpsichord-20131108-2x6ui.html
Mozart’s enigmatic fantasy opera The Magic Flute has returned to the Sydney Opera House for the school holidays, presented by Opera Australia. Scroll down to see all 8 images from this visual feast of pantomime and puppetry, wrapped up in Mozart’s immortal music. All images by Branco Gaica, courtesy Opera Australia.