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Salzburg Whitsun Festival Announces Major Cast Change for Vivaldi Pastaccio ‘Hotel Metamorphosis’

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Salzburg Whitsun Festival Artistic Director Cecilia Bartoli has announced that Nadezhda Karyazina will be performing in the opera pasticcio “Hotel Metamorphosis,” taking over for Varduhi Abrahamyan, who canceled her participation in the summer festival. Karyazina will take on the roles of Minerva, Nutrice, and Juno in the work. Karyazina is the winner of the 2025 Herbert-von-Karajan Prize and debuted in {…}

News, Season Announcement

Salzburg Easter Festival Announces 2026 Season

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The Salzburg Easter Festival has announced the 2026 season. From 2026 onwards, the Berliner Philharmoniker will again be holding their traditional Easter Festival in Salzburg, the town where Herbert von Karajan founded this Festival in 1967. The season will begin a new ring cycle that will be seen over the next five years. Here is a look at the vocal {…}

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Lisette Oropesa, Asmik Grigorian, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Cecilia Bartoli & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Opera Bas Wiegers conducts Michael Jarrell’s “Kassandra” with actress Dagmar Manzel and the Ensemble Modern. Performance Date: July 23, 2025 Salvatore Sciarrino’s “Macbeth” will be conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. Cody Quattlebaum, Alice Rossi, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Iris van Wijnen, and Davide Giangregorio. Performance Date: July 25, {…}

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Cecilia Bartoli, Matthias Goerne, Piotr Beczala & Philippe Jaroussky Lead Salzburg Whitsun Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has announced its 2025 season. Opera “Hotel Metamorphosis,” a pastiche of Vivadi’s music, will be conducted by Gianluca Capuano and directed by Barrie Kosky. The production will star Cecilia Bartoli, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Lea Desandre, Philippe Jaroussky, and Angela Winkler.  Performance Dates: June 6-8, 2025 Nadine Sierra, Piotr Beczala, and Luca Salsi star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” {…}

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Construction to Begin on Salzburg Festival’s New Festival Centre

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The Salzburg Festival announced that construction will begin in early September for the Festival Centre on Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz. Designed by the architectural firm Marte.Marte, this project will give the Festival District a place of encounter for the citizens of Salzburg and art lovers from around the world a place to gather for a myriad of events. The Salzburg Festival District is {…}

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Salzburg Festivals Names Next Main Sponsor

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The Salzburg Festival has announced that the Würth Group has become the festival’s next main sponsor. The Group takes on the role for three years, starting next season. “We are very grateful and honestly touched that Professor Reinhold Würth and the Würth Group have now more than doubled their contributions, which were already generous. Our intense conversations have shown that {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2024 Review: La Clemenza di Tito

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(Credit: Matthias Horn) The Whitsun Festival in Salzburg this year is titled “Tutto Mozart” and is dedicated to the city’s most famous son. The program features only one full opera, “La clemenza di Tito,” written by Mozart in 1791 while he was finishing “The Magic Flute,” making it his final opera. Created to commemorate the coronation of Emperor Leopold II {…}

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Salzburg Easter Festival’s ‘La Gioconda’ to Receive Radio Broadcast

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(Credit: Bernd Uhlig) The Salzburg Easter Festival will broadcast a recording of Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda” on Oe1. The recording from opening night on March 23, will be broadcast on April 6, 2024, at 7:30 pm. The recording will feature Anna Netrebko in the title role of La Gioconda, Jonas Kaufmann as Enzo Grimaldo, Tareq Nazmi as Alvise Badoero, Eve-Maud Hubeaux as {…}