Exploring Passy
Since it was the middle of February I was prepared for snow, slush, sleet, gale-force winds and freezing temperatures, but in fact it was dry and frost-free the entire time, Read More …
Tag: Mozart
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 …
Mozart’s Magic Flute in Bielefeld
For many years, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, the Theater Bielefeld was famous in Germany for its unusual programming, featuring long-forgotten operas and the new works of contemporary composers. Read More …
Mozart in Milan
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) traveled from Cremona to Milan by stagecoach on January 23, 1770, four days before his fourteenth birthday. He was traveling with his father, Leopold Read More …
Théâtre Espace Marais
There are several hundred lively small theaters scattered around Paris and vicinity. Some of them disappear after a few years, but this one in the Marais district has been going Read More …
Opera in Innsbruck
Looking at this sturdy little theater today, you’d never guess that it used to have the reputation of being one of the most totally botched and bungled construction projects of 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 …
Opera in Pforzheim
Pforzheim is a city of nearly 120,000 people at the northern edge of the Black Forest in Germany. It has a full-scale city theater with its own opera ensemble, orchestra, 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 …
Operas in Stuttgart
The State Opera in Stuttgart has a great reputation for high quality, innovative opera productions. I have seen quite a few operas in Stuttgart, including L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian Read More …