Let's do some detective work on the passing of one of the world's most renowned composers, starting with four well-studied and plausible theories surrounding his death. But his life was not effortless ...

David K. Israel is a novelist and composer living in Los Angeles. When “Amadeus” first arrived in theaters, it didn’t just ...

Did Salieri really hate Mozart?

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in 1791, but the true cause is a mystery. Here’s what the evidence says about his ...

An exhibition at the Morgan Library guides visitors through the life and career of the virtuoso via art and well-preserved ...

The story of genius and jealousy, a major award winner onstage and on film, returns as a TV series starring Will Sharpe and ...

Music has its seasons, and people have their needs. At some point in the autumn of 1979, I became obsessed with a few bars of Mozart. I was thirteen, fundamentally cheerful but convinced I was ...

How closely does ‘Amadeus’ follow history?

In 2018, three years before his death, the pianist and composer gave a concert in Sardinia that included both Mozart and George Gershwin. A live recording of that concert is now available. This is ...

It is the kind of joke Mozart would have appreciated. Like the wit in some of his operas, it is unexpected, mischievous, deflating, childish, even a bit humiliating: it can be found on the outskirts ...

Using Peter Shaffer's play as its basis, this five-part miniseries starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany can be repetitious ...