Opera singers (left to right) Elīna Garanča, Helen Donath and Tamar Iveri perform in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte at the Salzburg Opera Festival. Andreas Schaad/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson sets the music of Mozart amid his peers to offer a fresh take on the master composer. Ari Magg/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption
Jeremy Denk's c.1300-c.2000 comes out Feb. 8 on Nonesuch. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Brooklyn-based pianist Simone Dinnerstein traveled to Cuba to make her recent album with a young orchestra from Havana. Now they're on tour in the U.S. Articulate hide caption
Listen to Carmen talk ("Hi, honey!")
Don Giovanni (Gerald Finley, left) is pulled down to hell by the ghost of the Commendatore (Alastair Mills) in a Glyndebourne production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Mozart died 225 years ago at age 35. A new, enormous box set contains all of his music. Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum/Decca Classics hide caption
Violinist Hilary Hahn. Michael Patrick O'Leary/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hilary Hahn Marches Through Mozart
András Schiff takes late sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert to Carnegie Hall. AJ Wilhelm/for NPR hide caption
András Schiff Plays Mozart, Haydn, Schubert And Beethoven At Carnegie Hall
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Madama Butterfly is one of many unhappy moms in opera. Patrick Riviere/Getty Images hide caption
Conductor (and flutist) Nicholas McGegan fell in love with opera as a kid. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A Gramophone And Mozart, Or How I Fell For Opera
The elegant conductor Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony in a live performance from Carnegie Hall on November 13, 2013. Eric Thayer for NPR hide caption
Timo Andres' new album, Home Stretch, comes out July 30. Tim Cragg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Timo Andres And The Metropolis Ensemble, 'Home Stretch'
Daniel Stepner performs on the violin once owned by Mozart himself. WGBH hide caption
Mozart's Violin Comes To Boston, Live In Concert
Violinist Amandine Beyer holds Mozart's own violin backstage at Boston's Jordan Hall on Monday. Kathy Wittman/Courtesy of the Boston Early Music Festival hide caption
Mozart's Queen of the Night (portrayed here by soprano Diana Damrau), in his The Magic Flute, is one of opera's more intense mothers. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Mehter Turkish Army Band, wearing traditional Ottoman Era costumes, in a 1957 photo. Douglas Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Fathers have played an important role in shaping musical history. Matthew Scherf/iStockphoto.com hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, The Mountain Goats, Suzanne Vega. Courtesy of the artists hide caption