Amadeus right away reveals its ending by tackling the most significant question: Has Salieri killed Mozart? The answer is no.

Yet Barton manages something unexpected. Shaffer’s monologue-laden tale of Mozart’s rival Antonio Salieri’s guilt becomes a ...

Nov. 8, 2012— -- Like a symphony, all the dramatic elements came together. The piano that Mozart used for the last 10 years of his life and which he used to compose much of his music was returned ...

Mozart, like Shakespeare, continues to grow. His music is an ever-expanding universe. The better we know it — the more we explore its heights and depths — the more marvelous it becomes. Yet its ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season of Saturday matinee radio broadcasts continues with an abridged holiday presentation ...

Something about the life of Mozart seems to inspire dramatists to make things up. First there was Amadeus, a play (and then a movie) in which the composer was murdered by a rival in the Hapsburg court ...

The opening Allegro immediately delivers a feeling of restlessness, as divided violas accompany the principal subject in quiet agitation. The tone of this subject is both poignant and tense, and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. VIENNA, Austria (AP)—It's a Mozart mystery as haunting as his "Requiem''—and apparently it won't ...

When Wolfgang was wolfing down food, he was known to dig into liver dumplings (one of dozens of types of dumplings) pan-fried in clarified butter (not boiled, steamed, or served in soup broth) with ...

As the houselights dim at the Metropolitan Opera, the Julie Taymor–directed The Magic Flute transports viewers into a buoyant and kaleidoscopic fairy-tale dreamworld. This abridged, English-language ...