Boston Baroque sheds light on Mozart `Magic' with rare opera performance

From: The Boston Globe | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: Richard Dyer, Globe Staff | Copyright information

BOSTON BAROQUE Martin Pearlman, artistic director At: Jordan Hall, Friday night; repeats this afternoon

Friday night Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque gave a modern audience the rare privilege of some bits of music, most probably written by Mozart, that no one has heard in nearly 200 years.

The occasion was a concert performance of "The Philosopher's Stone," a collaborative opera written by and for the company that a year later produced "The Magic Flute." One duet from this work...