Mozart Snapshot #36: On the Street Where He Lived | With Rolando Villazón

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The Getreidegasse is one of the oldest and most important trade streets in Salzburg’s old town. Easily recognizable because of the unique old wrought-iron guild signs that hang on the facades of the houses, it has been the most famous shopping street in the city since the beginning of the Salzburger Festspiele in the 1920s. It is also the street where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born and lived until he was 16 years old.
In this final episode of Mozart Snapshots, Katie takes a trip down memory lane on the street where Mozart lived and ends on a high note in conversation with renowned operatic tenor and artistic director of the International Mozart Foundation, Rolando Villazón.

About Mozart Snapshots:

Each and everyone of us is shaped by the place where we spend our earliest years. Mozart was no exception. One of the first true cosmopolites of classical music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a native of the picturesque alpine city of Salzburg, Austria. In this new series, I will explore Mozart's relationship to his home town through fun-filled conversations, insightful interviews and once-in-a-lifetime visits to interesting locations in Salzburg that have a special connection to Mozart and his family, then and now.

Treffpunkt Klassik: "Mozart Snapshots" is a collaboration with Colorado Public Radio.

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