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...Haydn's younger contemporary Mozart who determined the character of modern opera, and in so doing rendered the works of Haydn and most other 18th century composers out of date. Mozart's ability to portray real emotions on the stage instead of stylized attitudes, and his inventive use of the orchestra as an active participant instead of merely an accompanist, powerfully influenced later generations of composers. In the works he created with Librettist Lorenzo da Ponte-The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così Fan Tutte-Mozart's genius transcended the conventional boundaries of master-servant...
Haydn himself acknowledged that "scarcely any man can brook comparison with the great Mozart." And although he esteemed his own operas highly, he feared they might not travel well. Asked in 1787 for permission to produce one of them in Prague, Haydn replied: "I cannot comply with your wish, because all my operas are far too closely connected with our personal circle, and moreover they would not produce the proper effect, which I calculated in accordance with the locality...
...finds Hoffmann back in the tavern where he began the evening-drunken, disheveled and disabused of idealistic notions, but inspired to write his feverish tales. For all its legerdemain, the staging provides an unsentimental, clear-eyed view of the only serious opera by the man whom Rossini called the "Mozart of the Champs Elys...
When Director Roman Polanski (Tess), 48, was mulling over candidates to portray Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the upcoming Paris production of the Broadway hit Amadeus, he cast his eye near and far, and finally settled on near. He chose himself. After all, who better to capture the essence of the young musical prodigy with the libertine air than a child actor turned acclaimed adult director with a sometime taste for the reckless moment. Polanski, who will direct the play, which stars Francois Périer, 62, as Mozart's nemesis Antonio Salieri, and Actress Sonia Vollereaux...
...Mozart: The Symphonies, Salzburg 1766-1772, Vol. 2 (L'Oiseau-Lyre, 3 LPs). The latest in the Academy of Ancient Music's revelatory Mozart cycle, on period instruments...