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Salzburg Festival: Falstaff „Almost incessant acceleration“
Falstaff is the third of Verdi’s Shakespeare operas, while also his second comical and the last opera he wrote – this year, the Salzburg Festival presents a new production of this work. A premiere for Ingo Metzmacher, who conducts it for the first time. “I have conducted a lot of Verdi, however,” he assured those unlikely to…
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Alan Hranitelj s kostumografijo in Martin Kušej z režijo Figarove svatbe
Svetovno znani slovenski kostumograf Alan Hranitelj pripravlja kostumografijo za operno premiero Mozartove Figarove svatbe v režiji prav tako svetovno znanega slovenskega režiserja Martina Kušeja na Salzburških slavnostnih igrah, ki bo doživela premiero jutri, 27. julija, v Hiši za Mozarta. Avstrijski radio bo premiero neposredno predvajal jutri ob 18. uri, tako kot pripravlja video prenos pariška…
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Peter Sellars in Salzburg: “Music attempts to translate the inaudible“
Before the Ouverture spirituelle begins with Sofia Gubaidulina’s Canticle of the Sun and Heinrich Schütz’ Musikalische Exequien, performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale in a production by Peter Sellars, Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser described this year’s concert series. Markus Hinterhäuser and Peter Sellars, photo SF/Jan Friese “It’s a very special week for us. It gives us the opportunity to set the pulse…
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Antony Gormley with Nightwatch in Salzburg
The British sculptor Antony Gormley has redefined the boundaries of sculpture and is considered one of the most important artists of our time. Recently, a selection of his drawings illustrated the 2023 Salzburg Festival programme. One of these drawings, titled Sight (1987), became an emblem for this year’s Festival. Antony Gormley, Expanded Family X 5: PROP, 2014, Courtesy…
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Macbeth: “I don’t believe in one-dimensional characters”
For the third time – after Hans Werner Henze’s The Bassarids (2018) and Richard Strauss’ Elektra (2020) – Krzysztof Warlikowski directs an opera at the Salzburg Festival. Once again, Małgorzata Szczęśniak is responsible for the production’s sets and costumes. Having previously appeared here as Marie in Wozzeck, the title role in Salome and Chrysothemis in Elektra, Asmik Grigorian makes her role debut as Lady Macbeth in Salzburg this summer.…
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The Young Singers Project Celebrates a Double Anniversary in 2023
With the Young Singers Project, in 2008 the Salzburg Festival created a platform to support rising young vocalists. Since this success story began, 196 young singers from 46 countries have participated in the scheme. This year, the 14 participants come from nine nations: Armenia, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Ukraine and the…
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The Magical Reality of Theatre: Celebrating Max Reinhardt’s 150th Birthday
In the autumn of 2023, the theatrical world celebrates the 150th birthday and the 80th anniversary of the death of Max Reinhardt. He is often called the first modern stage director, revered as a theatrical magician and described as the quintessence of an impresario of international renown, whose work radiated from Berlin and Vienna to…
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The Salzburg Festival Centre Becomes Reality
“Thanks to the largest donation from a private patron in the history of the Salzburg Festival, we will create a new and vibrant space for encounters amidst the historical heart of our city. A place where a transparent pavilion allows insights into the Festival’s inner workings throughout the year, and where daily life and a…
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The three finalists of the 2023 Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award have been chosen
Chaired by Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the jury chose eight candidates (two female, six male) in February as semi-finalists for the eleventh edition of the renowned competition, which takes place every two years. This year, there were 323 applications from 54 nations. Tobias Wögerer (Austria), photos SF/Jan Friese Yesterday, the…
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The Salzburg Festival mourns the death of Jürgen Flimm
“Jürgen Flimm, one of the most important and successful stage and theatre directors in the German-language region, left his mark on the Salzburg Festival in many ways. Directing operas and plays, he enjoyed triumphal success with audience and critics alike. As the Festival’s director of drama, he created highlights such as a new Jedermann and championed young…
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The Salzburg Festival’s Audio-Visual Collection in the National Austrian “Memory of the World”
30 years ago, in 1992, UNESCO founded the programme “Memory of the World”, which aims to support worldwide efforts to preserve documents and accessibility of information. Since 2014 the Austrian UNESCO Commission has maintained the National Austrian Documentary Heritage Registry, which lists documents and collections of documents of outstanding importance for Austrian history. Riccardo Muti,…
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Salzburg Festival Donates 100,000 Euro to Charities
The Salzburg Festival opened the dress rehearsals for Jedermann and Die Zauberflöte to the public this year, donating the proceeds to charity. Left to right: Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser, Mag. Johannes Dines (Director, Caritas Salzburg), Festival President Dr. Kristina Hammer, Mag. Stefan Schwabeneder (pro mente Salzburg), Executive Director Mag. Lukas Crepaz, photo SF “The Salzburg Festival wants to…