Nikolaus Harnoncourt archive
Read Talk Like An Opera Geek: Musical Signposts
February 1, 2012 – Opera singers must obey the musical traffic signals, knowing an accelerando from a rallentando.
Read Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'
July 13, 2007 – Anna Netrebko stars in a brilliant, Salzburg production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.
Listen Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Schubert's Religion
May 11, 2006 – The acclaimed conductor probes the religious side of Franz Schubert through his Mass No. 5.
Listen Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Schubert's Miracle Year
May 10, 2006 – The celebrated conductor discusses the searching, bittersweet quality of Franz Schubert's music.
Listen Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Mozart Changed My Life
May 9, 2006 – Too many syrupy performances of Mozart forced the frustrated cellist into a conducting career.
Listen Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Mozart's 'Great' Mass
December 27, 2005 – Nicholas Kenyon notes a classic: Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus Musicus of Vienna.