History is also a factor in “Jacqueline,” the other opera that OrpheusPDX is doing this season. It is inspired by the life of ...

Learn the untold story of Maria Anna Mozart, Wolfgang’s older sister and collaborator. Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Although the children ...

Indulge in the rich Mozart Ball Cake, a delicious dessert inspired by Austria’s iconic Mozartkugeln with chocolate, pistachio, and marzipan.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is popularly acclaimed as the greatest musical genius of all time. A child prodigy who wrote his first musical pieces aged five, he produced more than 600 works before his d… ...

Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Although the children toured Europe together, once Maria Anna came of age, she was left behind while her brother ...

Wolfgang Mozart's father, Leopold, often gets a bad rap in history as a domineering, fame-obsessed father who exploited his children's talents. There is a kernel of truth in those accusations.

O ne January night in 1761, little Wolfgang Mozart insisted on playing a challenging harpsichord piece he had just heard performed by his older sister, already a virtuoso. He had never played a ...

On Jan. 27, 1756, the prolific composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. Mozart would go on to change the course of music history with his operas, concertos and other compositions still being ...

From 1773 to 1776, Wolfgang Mozart composed music for the Salzburg court and city, at an annual clerk’s salary of 150 florins.