Kategorija: Salzburg Festival

“It’s like a family reunion here,” says conductor Joana Mallwitz about the cast of the Salzburg opera production Così fan tutte. In 2020, she and Christof Loy created a reduced version of the opera without an interval – for the Salzburg Festival’s centennial and due to the circumstances of the pandemic – which many viewers still…

“For me, it’s very important to love a role,” says tenor Benjamin Bernheim, who will sing the title role in the opera Werther. The story of the tragic figure of Werther was popularized in 1774 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s epistolary novel Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther), a worldwide bestseller. More than one…

What is the purpose of a music festival? I realize that’s an odd question to ask here in Salzburg, at the beginning of one of the most famous music festivals, or rather arts festivals, in the world. You surely think you know what this festival is, because you are here. You are part of the…

Press Release of the Salzburg Festival: Obituary for Otto Schenk Otto Schenk “With the death of Otto Schenk, the theatre world has lost one of its greatest luminaries, an exceptional artist, a true legend! One could not help loving Otto Schenk,” said Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser in an initial statement. “Otto Schenk influenced the Salzburg…

After 172 performances over 44 days at 15 venues, the Directorate of the Salzburg Festival, Kristina Hammer, Markus Hinterhäuser and Lukas Crepaz, is delighted to announce that the percentage of occupied seats reached 98.2%. Lukas Crepaz, Kristina Hammer and Markus Hinterhaeuser, photo SF/Peter Rigaud More than 250.000 visitors from 77 countries, 40 of them non-European,…

Romeo Castellucci first directed a production at the Salzburg Festival in 2018, Richard Strauss’ Salome. In 2021, this was followed by Mozart’s Don Giovanni and in 2022 by Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Orff’s De temporum fine comoedia on the Felsenreitschule stage. This summer, the Großes Festspielhaus will see the revival of his Don Giovanni. Terrace Talk „Don Giovanni“ 2024: Davide Luciano (Don Giovanni), Romeo…

Festival Archive will be Inaugurated with Open House Days and the Revival of the FAUST 2023 Project from 7 to 10 February 2024. Exterior of the villa at Neutorstraße 25, photo SF/Leo Neumayr “The history of the Salzburg Festival also embodies 100 years of European cultural history. It is our responsibility to both question and…

“Oh, if only I had believed my daughter!” laments the father. After all, she had warned him about the king’s suspiciousness. When her father discovers a valuable object, the king accuses him of keeping a part of it for himself. The father is promptly thrown in prison. Hearing his cries of woe, the king summons…