2. The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Premiering in Vienna in 1791 and set in a mythical land, the popular opera by Mozart and librettist Emanuel Schikaneder was inspired by ancient Egypt.

Images of the hunch-backed flute player first appeared around 800 A.D. in the Four Corners region, during what’s known as the Basketmaker Era of the Ancestral Puebloan culture, sometimes called ...

Playing at the Beck's Music Box on Saturday and Sunday February 13 and 14 from 7pm, Amadou and Mariam combine traditional sounds from their hometown of Mali with blues guitar, salsa drums ...