El Amor Brujo: Manuel de Falla’s Ballet Celebrates Flamenco
Manuel de Falla’s El Amor Brujo, or Love, the Magician, is a ballet but not in the traditional sense. It uses flamenco steps instead of … Read more
Manuel de Falla’s El Amor Brujo, or Love, the Magician, is a ballet but not in the traditional sense. It uses flamenco steps instead of … Read more
Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, was written for the 1951 Christmas Eve live broadcast that was the premiere of an NBC … Read more
The Vienna Philharmonic welcomes New Year’s 2016 in grand style with its traditional celebratory concert held in the Musikverein, in Vienna, Austria. Julie Andrews returns … Read more
The Christmas carol Silent Night was first performed at a Christmas Eve service in 1818 in the village of Oberndorf, outside of Salzburg, Austria. The … Read more
British composer Benjamin Britten wrote his cantata, A Ceremony of Carols, during World War II while he was crossing the Atlantic in 1942 aboard a … Read more
Kansas City’s concert hall, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, started out as an idea and a sketch on a napkin. This uniquely shaped … Read more
Aaron Copland composed music known for its “American” sound during a time when music in the United States was still heavily influenced by the European … Read more
Known for his contributions to both public education and church music, Lowell Mason’s early music training was in singing and structure of hymns. By the … Read more
The Victorian-era composer, Arthur Sullivan, is most famous as part of the British opera writing team of Gilbert and Sullivan who collaborated on 14 comic … Read more
Vaughan Williams was born into an upper middle class family on October 12, 1872, in Down Ampney, where his father was the vicar of All … Read more
One of the most famous pieces of music associated with Halloween and horror films is Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 by J. … Read more
Among the many performances at the 2015 Salzburg Festival is a new production of Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera, The Barber of Seville. This version has … Read more
Sigmund Romberg was a prolific composer of the early 20th century whose romantic operettas touched the hearts of many. He is best known for The … Read more
When the Salzburg Festival ended its first decade in the 1920s, it had grown to an established international tradition of music and theater arts for … Read more
The annual summer festival attracts visitors from around the world to Salzburg, Austria, showcasing the city’s rich artistic heritage. Concert halls, churches, palaces, theaters, and … Read more