Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqi4C36AaTw"] Mozart set to work on “Figaro” in 1785, having at this date been ordered by the Emperor Joseph to write an opera for Vienna. Da Ponte was again the librettist, founding his text on Beaumarchais’ famous comedy, “Le Mariage de Figaro,” which had lately been creating a stir in Paris. The opera has no [...]

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Musical genius Mozart wrote his name in the history of music, he was a musical maestro created his own unique style of composing music and presenting to the world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria to Leopold Mozart, a business-minded composer, violinist and an assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg [...]

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