Mozart

The Met's production of Mozart's masterpiece updates the action to an amusement park inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s. Video

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performs  Mozart's Symphony No 41 'Jupiter'. Video

This opera gives us Mozart at the height of his powers setting a libretto of genius by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

Performed by Melanie Lançon and Ingrid Bauer with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto at a Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 5 March 2020. Audio

Sophy Roberts is a travel writer who focuses on remote parts of the world. Her first book, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, charts her incredible search for an instrument in Siberia worthy of a brilliant… Audio

New research has revealed that music could be prescribed to help us focus, feel happier, relax and overcome sadness. Lyz Cooper is the founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy and conducted the… Audio

A sublime fairy tale that moves freely between earthy comedy and noble mysticism.

Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' is an opera in which a powerful man takes advantage of and abuses women. Tim Dodd talks to the APO's Music Director Giordano Bellincampi and Artistic Administrator Frances… Audio

Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as its 'Opera in Concert', Auckland Town Hall, 19 July 2019 Video, Audio

Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as its 'Opera in Concert', Auckland Town Hall, 19 July 2019 Video, Audio

The likes of ABBA, Queen and Coldplay should now be put on the same pedestal of the world's greatest classical composers according to a new study published in the Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and… Audio

Performed by pianist Tony Chen Lin. Audio

Lazarus String Quartet in concert for Wellington Chamber Music. Audio

John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his… Audio

Played by the New Zealand String Quartet. Audio

Mozart’s opera of vengeance and forgiveness, set during the Roman Empire. Video

Thomas Goss reveals that deep in the DNA of Mozart's greatest works is a sense of emotion and conflict that comes directly from J.S. Bach. Audio

Mozart’s score for Don Giovanni teems with the elegance and grace that marks his entire output, which is evident from the first bars of the ravishing overture. Video

His children's books have sold more than 25 million copies in just 10 years. As well as being a writer, he's an actor, comedian, talent show judge, and a long-distance swimmer: so is there anything… Audio