Mozart was twelve, incidentally. The Salzburg Festival programmed this work in 2020. “As C-minor masses go,” I wrote, “the orphans’ one will always live in the shadow of the ‘Great’ one.

• Mozart is the No. 1 guy in this town — the No. 1 Salzburger. No. 2? Probably Christian Doppler, who had an effect on science. Here is a Gymnasium — a secondary school — named after him: ...

Early in 1779, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sulked back to Salzburg, Austria, having failed to land a permanent job abroad. In a letter to a family friend, he sneered at the city he was returning to.

(Salzburg Festival/Franz Neumayr via AP) SALZBURG – People fill the cobblestone streets of the city where Mozart was born, rushing to 213 performances over six weeks.

Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production at the Haus für Mozart is staged with dramatic flair, though there are musical shortcomings ...

The festival decided that number, about half the capacity of its main theater, made its operations viable, though Ms. Rabl-Stadler estimated a loss of at least 15 million euros (about $17 million ...

While many classical music institutions are struggling to regain audience, the Salzburg Festival in Mozart's hometown is on track to draw people from over 75 nations to opera, concerts and drama.

SALZBURG – People fill the cobblestone streets of the city where Mozart was born, rushing to 213 performances over six weeks. While many classical music institutions struggle to regain audience ...