Two churches of the Holy Cross
A characteristic feature of Augsburg is the existence of two churches side by side with the same name, a fancy white one for the Catholics and a more austere yellow-brown Read More …
Tag: Mozart
Leopold Mozart in Augsburg
Augsburg was the birthplace of Leopold Mozart (1719-1787). He was a composer and musician in his own right, and also the author of what was then a standard textbook on Read More …
Mozart at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
This theater is not on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, as I used to think, but is several blocks from there on Avenue Montaigne near the Place de l’Alma on the Read More …
Mozart in the rain
It only rained once during the ten days I was in Paris in June 2006, and that was — you guessed it — ten minutes before show time at an Read More …
Mozart’s operas
Here’s my list of the operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), including a few that were never completed or are sometimes listed as something else. As on my Verdi list, Read More …
Père Lachaise Cemetery
This large cemetery in the 20th arrondissement of Paris is popular with tourists because some famous people are buried here. If you go in at the main entrance you can Read More …
A talk by Francis Albou
When I was in Reims in 2013 I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Francis Albou about the second act of the opera Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Read More …
Opera in Massy
Massy is the only suburb of Paris which has its own opera house. Admittedly the opera house does not look very prestigious from the outside. In fact, I would call Read More …
Three opera houses in Prague
My first visit to Prague was on the 10,959th day of my life, or so I used to think. Actually it was only the 10,958th day, as I have since Read More …
Mozart’s Così fan tutte in Freiberg
A slight source of confusion for foreigners in Germany is that there are numerous place names ending in -berg (= mountain or hill) or -burg (= castle), and it can Read More …