8. The Magic Flute had a mixed reception The Magic Flute is one of Mozart’s best-known (and most-loved) operas. It was first performed in Vienna in 1791 and had been deliberately composed for a ...

Constanze was easy-going, free-spending and usually pregnant. Only two of their six children survived. Post-marriage, some of Mozart's best started to appear -the Haffner and Linz symphonies and five ...

get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up It's a "lively" revival of Figaro, added Nicholas Kenyon in The Telegraph, and McVicar "fills Mozart's score with buzzing action".