This weekend - Get Down and Boogie!

Saturday 31 July at Noon EST and Sunday 1 August at Noon EST

It's a classical dance party this Saturday at Noon EST! Tune in to hear the best in dance music... in a classical style! You can hear music from ballets, waltzes, tangos, tarantella's and more! Break out the dancing shoes and get ready to get down and boogie this Saturday at Noon EST. Send us an email for your favorite dance music to request@beethoven.com

Opera fans please join us for Saturday Night at the Opera at 8PM EST. During SNO, hear Mozart's opera the Magic Flute - commercial free! The opera was premiered in Vienna on 30 September 1791, at the suburban Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden. Mozart conducted the orchestra and the role of the Queen of the Night was sung by Mozart's sister-in-law Josepha Hofer.

The success of The Magic Flute lifted the spirits of its composer, who had fallen ill while in Prague a few weeks before. Mozart's delight is reflected in his last three letters, written to Constanze, who with her sister Sophie was spending the second week of October in Baden. "I have this moment returned from the opera, which was as full as ever," he wrote on 7 October, listing the numbers that had to be encored. "But what always gives me the most pleasure is the silent approval! You can see how this opera is becoming more and more esteemed." … He went to hear his opera almost every night, taking along [friends and] relatives. The opera celebrated its 100th performance in November 1792. Mozart did not have the pleasure of witnessing this milestone, having died of his illness on 5 December 1791.

Since its premiere, The Magic Flute has always been one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire, and is presently the eighth most frequently performed opera in North America.