Author Archives: Todd C.

Prague before Prague. The oldest known human artifact in today’s Czechia was discovered in the Pod hradem cave near the city of Brno some 200 kilometers southeast of Prague and dates to between 48,000 and 40,000 years BP. But despite …

Salieri’s relationship with Mozart and his family. It was likely sometime after 1780 and Salieri’s return from Paris after the triumphant premiere of Les Danaïdes that Salieri and Mozart had their first professional encounter. Both Pushkin’s and Shaffer’s plays and …

Here’s a short list of people who got it wrong: Alexander Pushkin; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Peter Shaffer; Miloš Forman. Prepare to see Antonio Salieri in a new light. Youth. While he might not have been a prodigy, Antonio Salieri was certainly …

The driving distance between Salzburg and Prague is a bit less than 400 kilometers or between four and five hours. However, with a 09:00 departure, you might want to stop for lunch. And if you’re going to stop for lunch, …

Are things about to get Steam-y? In the previous post I mentioned that I’d have more to say about Mozart’s older sister Maria Anna whom the family called Marianne and nicknamed Nannerl. Most standard Mozart biographies at least mention his …