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We are both off on a 5 day jaunt to Prague with our niece. Planning to see Don Giovanni at the Estates Theater in Prague on the occasion of Mozart’s 250th birthday celebrations. I’ll be taking lots of pictures, as apparently this is mecca for Mozart lovers. This is where Don Giovanni had its world premiere in 1787.

Looking forward to the sights and sounds, even if it is still wintery weather.

Taken from tonight’s concert.

I have started to learn how to play guitar. You may wish to cover your ears.

If I hang in there, I’ll eventually upload an mp3 of my playing for general ridicule appreciation,

It’s been a long week.

From Quizilla, thanks Patti

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). For a
complete synopsis, see
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/abj76/PG/works/notes/figaro_synopsis.shtml.

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According to this article on Channelnewsasia.com, Antonio Salieri’s music is making a return to the stage.

“The vast refurbishment of Milan’s La Scala opera house will be disclosed Tuesday with the appropriately named work — “Europe Revealed” — with which the house was inaugurated 226 years ago.

“Europe Revealed,” or “Europa Riconosciuta,” is by Antonio Salieri, then court composer in Vienna, the capital of the empire of which Milan formed part and in modern times the villain of Peter Schaeffer’s fantasia about the life and death of Mozart, “Amadeus”. Salieri’s music is now rarely performed and “Europe Revealed” had been dropped completely from La Scala’s repertoire.

Also according to the article, “The reopening is the occasion for a series of special events and exhibitions, including one on the rather thin relationship between Mozart and Salieri, the man much maligned as his killer. ”

I thought that was just in the movie.