(Credit: Dario Acosta NY) German mezzo-soprano Tanja Ariane Baumgartner is one of the most sought-after opera singers of our time. Baumgartner has been a member of the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt since the 2009-10 season. During her time in Frankfurt, Tanja Baumgartner made appearances in numerous operas including “Carmen,” “Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” “Don Carlo,” “Medea,” “Die Frau ohne Schatten,” {…}
(Credit: SF/ Anne Zeuner) Mozart and Da Ponte’s opera “Così fan tutte” will make its way onto the big stage of the Grosses Festspielhaus at the Salzburg Festival 2020 starting on August 2, 2020. Given the complex nature of things due to continued concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the production was a daunting task for everyone, primarily the director Christof {…}
(Credit: Anne Zeuner / Salzburg Festival) Strauss’ opera “Elektra” will open this year’s Festival in Salzburg, in quite unique circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Conductor Franz Welser-Möst and stage director Krzysztof Warlikowski discussed their views of the production in a recent press release from the Salzburg Festival. “The danger of becoming inebriated with the opulence of sound and losing {…}
(Credit: Official Website Aušrinė Stundytė / P Gasiunas) The Salzburg Festival has announced that it will record its production of Strauss’ “Elektra“ via ORF, 3sat, ZDF/ARTE and UNITEL in collaboration with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Salzburg Festival and will be broadcast as followed. The company will then stream the production over the course of several days via some a {…}
(Credit: Ruth Waltz) The Salzburg Festival is set to open this week in a reduced edition with various concerts and two new operas including R.Strauss’ “Elektra.” The new production will be headlined by an all-star cast that includes rising star Asmik Grigorian in the role of Chrysothemis. The new production will mark the soprano’s third appearance at the festival following {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced that a temp worker has tested positive for COVID-19. The festival said that the employee had begun working on June 18, 2020, and initially tested negative. According to the kurier, the woman has only shown mild symptoms. The festival also stated that five people who were in direct contact with the employee have all tested {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced that it will be extending the contract of president Helga Rabl-Stadler for an additional year. Per the Wiener Zeitung, the festival’s board voted unanimously on this decision. “I was determined to end my work for the Salzburg Festival after this anniversary on December 31, 2020,” Rabl-Stadler said. “But the positive response from Salzburgers and our {…}
The Salzburg Festival will move ahead with its 2020 edition. The festival’s Supervisory Board announced on Monday, May 25, 2020 that it plans to present the event between August 1-30, 2020 in a revised program. The 2020 edition will not feature the centenary celebration program previously anticipated, with the company set to postpone that slate until 2021. However, there is {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced that it might proceed with a modified festival. In a press statement, President Helga Rabl-Stadler, Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser, and Executive Director Lukas Crepaz stated that while the festival cannot move forward as originally planned and programmed, that the organization is considering other means of providing its annual event in 2020. The Festival will be {…}
Austria’s junior minister for culture, Ulrike Lunacek, has quit under pressure from theater directors and performers over a lack of urgency in reopening cultural venues.Over the few weeks Austria has loosened it lockdown opening shops, bars, and some museums, no steps have been taken to open the cultural and theatrical venues. Lunacek came under fire for not treating the sector {…}
With the spread of COVID-19 around the world, there has been some question about whether some of the opera world’s most renowned festivals would take place. Of these, there is no doubt that the spotlight is on the Salzburg Festival. Not only is it the most renowned summer festival in the industry, but it is set to celebrate its centennial {…}