Siemens Festival>Nights 2022 Announces Free Public Screenings on Salzburg’s Kapitelplatz

Siemens Festival>Nights 2022, in close collaboration with the Salzburg Festival, Salzburg ORF, and Unitel, has announced free public screenings of operas and concerts to be presented on Salzburg’s Kapitelplatz from July 23-Aug. 28, 2022. The Festival screenings will offer three types of programs: opera, concerts, and child-friendly opera. Festival opera highlights include American director Lydia Steier’s “Die Zauberflöte,” starring Tareq Nazmi (Sarastro), {…}

Jul 22, 2022

The Würth Group Announces Support for Salzburg Festival’s Youth Program

The Würth Group has announced its support of the Salzburg Festival’s Youth Program in 2022. The youth program presents 54 performances and multiple school events which provide a wide range of programming for children and teenagers between May and August. Among those events will be the premiere of the children’s opera “Der Teufel mit den drei goldenene Haaren” by Stefan {…}

Jul 13, 2022

Salzburg Festival Unveils Jonas Kaufmann & Diana Damrau Recital Program

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 {…}

Jul 12, 2022

Salzburg Festival Announces Program & Cast Changes

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 {…}

Jul 10, 2022

Salzburg Festival Announces Streams & Broadcasts for 2022 Festival

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 {…}

Jul 5, 2022

Salzburg Festival Announces Participants of Young Singers Project 2022

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 {…}

Dec 10, 2021

Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča, Luca Salsi, Lisette Oropesa, Elena Stikhina, Asmik Grigorian Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2022 Season

(Credit: Anne Zeuner) The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2022 season, featuring eight operas, concerts, and international opera stars. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the vocal works only. Operas The season opens with Romeo Castellucci’s production of Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.” The opera stars Mika Kares and Aušrinė Stundytė in the lead roles, alongside soprano {…}

Nov 24, 2021

Kristina Hammer Appointed New President of the Salzburg Festival

(Credit: Christina von Prohaska) The Salzburg Festival has announced the appointment of Kristina Hammer as the new president of the Festival. The decision was made unanimously by the Salzburg Festival Supervisory Board on Nov. 24, 2021. Hammer will take over her new position on Jan. 1, 2022, and the contract will be valid for the initial period of 5 years, {…}

Oct 28, 2021

The Salzburg Festival Digitizes Recording Archives, Releases Online Collection

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 {…}

Oct 21, 2021

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

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 {…}

Sep 7, 2021

Salzburg Festival 2021 Review: Intolleranza 1960

(Credit: SF/Maarten Vanden Abeele) Venetian composer Luigi Nono is no stranger at the Salzburg Festival. His operas and instrumental works have been regularly played here over the past decade. However, his most outspoken and outraged work, directed against the persistent violence perpetrated against innocent people was presented at the festival for the very first time. “Intolleranza 1960” premiered at Teatro {…}