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"...Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a song called "Leck Mich im Arsch"..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

We Have an Issue: Chow’s On

Welcoming back our First Plates issue, celebrating the restaurants and food trucks defining Austin dining today

"...the season, a tribute to Oscar-nominated screenwriters (Dr. Strangelove, Amadeus, The Graduate), Philip K. Dick adaptations, a 20th anniversary..."

July 30, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Summer Season Has a Giant Ending Lined Up

Wizards, restoration, and l'amour round out the classics

"...and Love the Bomb (Fri., July 30, 7:30pm), and Amadeus (Sun., Aug. 1, 1pm). Then it's a reminder that..."

July 21, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...opera with covers of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Rock Me Amadeus," Jackass: The Movie dubbed with opera clips, and subverted..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

18 International Frontwomen at SXSW Music

"...VaarwellWed. 13, Iron Bear, 9pm If Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album was ever in your heavy rotation, boy..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

LOLA's La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling

The quality of mercy is never not strained in this new adaptation of Mozart's late opera

"...Emperor Titus, or Tito as he's named in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's late opera. As the title La Clemenza di..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Interview: Mozart La Para

Dominican singer born Erickson Fernández never had a plan B

"...singer/rapper branded himself at age 12 after composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who got his start at the same age...."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Robert Faires' Top 10 Classical Music / Dance Treasures of 2016

The richest work in dance and classical music this year ran the gamut from a dance in a backyard pool to an opera about Cold War brainwashing

"...The much-anticipated return of this contemporary spin on Wolfgang Amadeus' Requiem was as thrilling as at its Fusebox Festival..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mozart Requiem Undead Receives an Encore

This Austin-generated reinvention comes to Bass Concert Hall

"...In December 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lay in his bed mortally ill, scribbling the..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Jenny Zigrino, History Channeler

Among Moontower comics, Jenny Zigrino is the Ren fairest of them all

"...your average 17-year-old didn't – like, how to quote Amadeus by heart...."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

Rocky Horror Reissue – A Wild & Untamed Thing

A red vinyl adios to summer in Tim Curry’s lipstick

"...Amadeus, Me and My Girl, Spamalot – Curry stayed on..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Christopher Lee, Spies, and Werewolf Sex

The strange tale of Howling II

"...third American picture shot in the Czechoslovakian capital, after Amadeus and Yentl. Mora, an Australian director working in the..."

July 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Hole in His Heart

Baritone Morgan Smith reveals how he becomes that lover we love to hate, Don Giovanni

"...The operatic dream team of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte crafted Don Giovanni from..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2014

It was a year in which the personal shone through in dance and classical works small and large

"...An overflow crowd at the French Legation witnessed Wolfgang Amadeus' final work given spectacular new life by 33 musicians..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Czech, Please

Austin Film Society hosts Jan Nemec retrospective

"...alongside Jirí Menzel (Closely Watched Trains) and Miloš Forman (Amadeus) – who "became the face of the new cinema..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

ACL Live Shot: Phoenix

Phoenix has come a l-o-n-g way since ACL 2009

"...“Run Run Run,” which predate 2009’s U.S. breakthrough Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Its frontman still crowd surfs, high fives, and..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Phoenix

"...will inevitably be judged in the shadow of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix's underdog glory, and if nothing else, it's a..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Texas Choral Consort

Double-barreled Requiem concert brings back Brahms and resurrects more Undead Mozart

"...in which contemporary composers complete the score that Wolfgang Amadeus left unfinished when he died. This third sneak peek..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Café Tacuba, Molotov, Bajofondo, Jovanotti

SXSW showcase reviews

"...a cheeky nod to the past with "Rock Me Amadeus," rapping verses in Spanish. Many of the parents out..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Golden Hornet Project: Wolfgang-nam Style

'Amadeus' screening fundraiser for 'Mozart's Requiem Undead'

"...is hosting a series of screenings of the film Amadeus – you knew there was a point to that..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Baby Grand

Visit from stork means shift in Schumann's concert schedule

"...a trio, quartet, and a piano concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus. And the ACMC director will also play the March..."

Jan. 9, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Revolutionary Score

The Founding Fathers' first declaration: 'We're an American band!'

"...Now, when a genius on the order of Wolfgang Amadeus composes music for your creation, is it any wonder..."

June 29, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Mozart Project'

Via innovation and homage, Ballet Austin makes new dances from old tunes

Sept. 30, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Final Three

If fast, physical action in a national face-off is what you want, try Ballet Austin

"...1998 and another for his dance The Trilogy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 2007...."

March 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Handicapping the decade in Austin music and playing favorites for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...6) PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glassnote)..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Phoenix

"...the French quintet had performed in front of. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix opener "Lisztomania" put the new album's best foot..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews

The French quartet proves timing isn't everything

"...Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, the French quartet's fourth studio album, tousles its..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Phoenix

"...PhoenixWolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glassnote)..."

June 19, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Music Is Pretty Much Incessant

P. Kellach Waddle, the River City's 'educated hillbilly,' composes himself a life

"...was a sort of experiment. And our goal for Amadeus was to sell at least half the seats. And..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gary Payne: Man of mystery

While he's best known for producing murder mystery dinner theatre, this month sees Gary Payne in a more traditional mystery: Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth

"...twin brother of Peter Shaffer, author of Equus and Amadeus, Anthony had to endure some ridicule when Sleuth was..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

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