Movies: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

At the Salzburg Festival 2024, the Mozarteum Orchestra conducted by the Spanish maestro Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas presented a morning dedicated to Mozart by the American soprano Emily Pogorelc....

After the fall of Troy, King Idomeneo can finally think about returning to his homeland of Crete. During his long absence, his son Idamantes took care of the affairs of government and the Troyan prisoners of war, including Ilia, the daughter of King ...

Short film narrated in first person about growth, loneliness, and belonging....

For many, the Russian city of Perm might seem like the end of the world, isolated in the foothills of the Ural mountains. But it is in this rapidly developing industrial city – which is establishing itself as one of Russia’s modern cultural centers –...

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Julien Chauvin and the Concert de la Loge perform works by Vivaldi and Mozart in the famous Cour Marly at the Musée du Louvre, featuring mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and violist Amihai Grosz....

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Considered to be one of his most brilliant creations, Mozart’s Idomeneo is a perfect masterpiece for the two enfants terribles of classical music and opera staging, conductor Teodor Currentzis and stage director Peter Sellars. Joined by the exception...

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A miniature film set to classical music inspired by the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The chessboard transforms into a salon floor, where animated pawns and figures take the shape of court characters and begin their game to the rhythm of a minuet...

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Don Giovanni was commissioned by the Prague Opera immediately after the success of The Marriage of Figaro: Mozart and Da Ponte wanted to build on their success and chose a subject that had triumphed just a few weeks earlier in Venice, a Don Giovanni ...

From a series of animated films set to classical music. Classical animation created using painting techniques on paper and celluloid. A montage of four parts from 1991–1995....

Composed in 1782, the Great Mass in C minor, KV 427, ranks among the pinnacles of Western sacred music. Gianluca Capuano conducts this masterpiece with the vocal ensemble Il Canto di Orfeo and Les Musiciens du Prince, a Monegasque ensemble playing pe...

Don Giovanni is a dramatic opera which tells the story of the legendary libertine and seducer of the same name. The opera explores love, morality, and the consequences of people's actions, and revolves around Don Giovanni's amorous escapades....

King Mitridate has left his empire in the care of his sons Sifare and Farnace while he is away at war. Deceived by a rumour of his father's death, Farnace declares his love to the King's betrothed, Aspasia. She seeks the protection of Sifare. Mitrida...

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Zehn Minuten Mozart was Reiniger's first attempt at merging silhouette animation with music....

"Die Zauberflöte" opens with Prince Tamino being rescued from a serpent by Ladies in the employ of the Queen of the Night. Papageno the bird-catcher arrives and claims he killed the serpent, but the outraged Ladies padlock Papageno's mouth for his li...