Who Was Lucia Popp?
Lucia Popp made her stage debut as a singer at age 23 at the Bratislava Opera singing the role of Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. In 1963 Herbert von Karajan heard her …
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber Rehearses
It is my personal opinion that Carlos Kleiber was the best orchestral and Opera conductor during the past 100 years. I want to share with you the methods that Kleiber employed to get the musicians …
Carlos Kleiber Conducts Mozart’s Symphony #36
In the summer of 1783, Mozart made his return trip home to Vienna from Salzburg. He stopped at the city named Linz, where Mozart’s patron, Count Thun, offered him his hospitality. During his time in …
Hilary Hahn Plays the Sibelius Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius began work on his violin concerto in 1903, intending to offer the premiere to Wilhelm Burmester—a violin virtuoso was concertmaster of the Helsinki Philharmonic. But likely due to the cash-strapped composer’s need for …
The Sonata KV457 by Mozart
The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed and completed in 1784. It was published in December of 1785 together with the Fantasy in C minor, K. …