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Salzburg Festival Announces Cast Change for ‘Aida’

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The Salzburg Festival has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of Verdi’s “Aida.” The company noted that Anita Rachvelishvili has canceled her participation in the role of Amneris and will be replaced by Ève-Maud Hubeaux. Hubeaux is a well-known mezzo-soprano who has performed at the Baden-Baden Festival, Paris Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Berliner Staatsoper, Savonlinna Festival, Theater Basel, and Opéra de {…}

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Salzburg Festival Acknowledges Accident During ‘The Magic Flute’ Rehearsals

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During a rehearsal of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at the Salzburg Festival, a female extra was seriously injured when she fell off the top stage level. In an official statement the festival said, ‘There has been an accident at work, that has also been reported and is regrettable. In the ‘Magic Flute,’ which is a very complex stage design, we {…}

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Salzburg Festival Unveils Jonas Kaufmann & Diana Damrau Recital Program

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The Salzburg Festival announced that Diana Damrau and Jonas Kaufmann will each perform a recital as part of the 2022 festival. Kauffman’s recital takes place first on August 7 at 3:30 pm at the Großes Festspielhaus. His program features the music of Beethoven to early 20th-century works by Strauss and Mahler. They will close the concert with a collection of {…}

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Salzburg Festival Announces Program & Cast Changes

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The Salzburg Festival has announced a few alterations to its upcoming schedule including program updates and cast changes. The Festival taking place July 18 through August 31 will now hold its Opening Ceremony on July 26 at 11 am at the Felsenreitschule. Additions to this program include Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich,” Scelsi’s “Konx-om-pax: 3rd Movement,” “Still Music” by {…}

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Salzburg Festival Announces Streams & Broadcasts for 2022 Festival

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its broadcast schedule. The company will broadcast on TV and stream as well as showcase works in cinema and on the radio. The company will broadcast “Die Zauberflöte” on MEZZO on July 30 and stream on Arte on August 20. The opera will also be in cinemas on July 30. On August 11, the opera {…}

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Salzburg Festival Announces Participants of Young Singers Project 2022

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The Salzburg Festival has announced the Young Singers Project 2022. This year’s edition will feature 15 participants from nine countries. They will appear in several productions throughout the festival schedule in addition to being offered an educational program that includes music lessons, repertory expansion, rehearsals, language coaching, and working with festival artists. Martina Russomano, Alma Neuhaus, Liam James Karai, and {…}

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Ukrainian Ambassador Calls for Salzburg Festival to Cancel MusicAeterna & Teodor Currentzis

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The Ukrainian ambassador to Austria, Wassyl Chymynez, is calling on Salzburg Festival to cancel the performances of conductor Teodor Currentzis and the MusicAeterna orchestra, which is funded by Putin-funded banks. The ambassador told the Kronen-Zeitung that a performance by the group would send “a very inhumane signal” and noted that Vladimir Putin knows how to “use art very cleverly.” He {…}

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The Salzburg Festival Digitizes Recording Archives, Releases Online Collection

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The Salzburg Festival has announced that its archives spanning 80 years is being surveyed and preserved for posterity, with a large part of the collection now available to the public online. The effort comes in collaboration with the Austrian Media Library of the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology. Recordings have been made of previous Salzburg Festival productions since their {…}

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The Next Generation of the Friends of the Salzburg Festival Announces New Leadership

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The Next Generation of the Friends of the Salzburg Festival will have new leadership.  Per a press statement, Christian Renner and Ulrike Köstinger will be taking over the chairmanship from Carl Philipp Spängler, who co-founded the organization back in 2008 and has led it since.  Renner, who is the CMO of UKO Group, will take over the role of Chairman {…}