https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-announces-new-intendant/
The Salzburg Festival has announced that Peter De Caluwe will be its next Intendant. The new head of the renowned opera, concert and theatre festival is due to be officially presented on Friday. De Caluwe was director of the La Monnaie in Brussels from 2007 to 2025 and is currently managing director of the European Capital of Culture 2030 in {…}
https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-2026-review-cosi-fan-tutte/
(Photos: © Monika Rittershaus, Salzburger Festspiele) In 2020, the Salzburg Festival’s centenary program was reorganized due to restrictions concerning the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, Mozart’s opera “Così fan tutte” – which was not initially planned for that summer – had to be shortened and performed without an intermission. Conductor Joana Mallwitz and director Christof Loy had very little time {…}
https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-honors-cecilia-bartoli-with-festival-brooch-with-rubies-at-birthday-gala/
(PHoto: Marco Borrelli) The Salzburg Festival celebrated Cecilia Bartoli on August 8 with a surprise during a performance of Rossini’s “Il viaggio a Reims.” During the birthday gala, the Festival Directorate presented the famed mezzo with the Golden Festival Brooch with Rubies, the highest honor the festival bestows. The evening brought together a gathering of such artists as Pretty Yende, {…}
https://operawire.com/cast-change-nina-solodovnikova-to-make-salzburg-festival-debut-in-lucio-silla/
(Credit: Nelya Agdeeva) The Salzburg Festival has announced a cast change for its semi-staged production of “Lucio Silla.” The company said Nina Solodovnikova will sing the role of Giunia replacing Sara Blanch. The performance will mark Solodovnikova’s debut at the festival. Solodovnikova is an ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she has performed roles including Violetta in “La traviata,” {…}
https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-reveals-young-singers-project-participants-for-2026/
The Salzburg Festival has announced the participants and performance program for the 2026 edition of its Young Singers Project (YSP). The 2026 cohort comprises sopranos Hanna Park, Imola Maté, and Mariam Suleiman; mezzo-sopranos Brigitta Listra, Amandine Portelli, and Anja Mittermüller; tenors Joshua Berg and Jack Lee; baritones Leander Carlier and Daniils Pogoriless; countertenor Julian Schmidlin, bass-baritone Marius Aron and Blaž {…}
https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-names-new-interim-intendant/
The Salzburg Festival has appointed Karin Bergmann as its interim Intendant for the 2026 and 2027 festival seasons. In a statement Bergman said, “I am taking on this role with great respect for the responsibility involved and with deep appreciation for Markus Hinterhäuser’s artistic achievements. Now, to my own surprise, I am also taking on the responsibility of interim artistic {…}
https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-breaks-ties-with-markus-hinterhauser/
The Salzburg Festival has announced that Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser will leave his position effective immediately. According to a statement the festival said, “Due to irreconcilable differences of opinion and disagreements, the Salzburg Festival and Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser are parting ways effective immediately.” The statement also note that it has mutually agreed that Hinterhäuser will be on leave until {…}
https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-artistic-director-markus-hinterhauser-to-step-down/
Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser will step down as Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival on Sept. 30, 2026. The news comes after Hinterhäuser did not accept his contract extension before the deadline on Friday after a weeks-long negotiations between the board of trustees and the artistic director. As a result, the committee is now under pressure, as the festival needs {…}
https://operawire.com/salzburg-festival-announces-final-numbers-for-2025-season/
The Salzburg Festival has announced that its 2025 season sold 98.4 percent of its performances. The festival, which held 174 performances in 45 days at 16 venues, noted that this year saw 256,600 guests from 88 countries, including 49 non-European ones. This year, 43 performances of six staged, three semi-staged and three concert productions of opera were presented while there {…}
