Francis I is Dead: Remembering a Great-Hearted Pope
[Editor’s note: Pope Francis I has died, just one day after greeting the usual Easter crowds in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square. He was 88. No cause of death has …..
Posts tagged: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This Week in Biography: From Mozart to Mitty
From the death of the Salzburg Stallion to the birth of America’s greatest Secretary of Transportation, it all happened on this week in history.
Polish Baritone Fights Through the Pain for the Win
Opera star Mariusz Kwiecien shakes off a serious back injury to score, score, score in Don Giovanni.
Mozart: This Time It’s Strep Throat That Killed Him
Hoorah! Time for another new cause of death for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.In the past, you may recall, the Salzburg Stallion’s early death has been blamed on military fever, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, pneumonia, kidney stones, killer composers, and undercooked pork cutlets.