(Credit: Marco Borrelli) The Salzburg Festival has canceled the upcoming live broadcast of Puccini’s “Tosca.” According to reports, the broadcast, which was set to be aired on Arte.TV and ORF on August 27, was canceled due to “organizational and dispositional” reasons. However, other sources noted that star soprano Anna Netrebko, who is currently performing the title role, did not approve {…}
(Credit: Michael Pöhn) Arte.TV is set to present Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Salzburg Festival starring Anna Netrebko. The revival production by Michael Sturminger will be streamed on August 27, 2021. The production will also star Yusif Eyvazov and Ludovic Tézier and will be conducted by Marco Armiliato. The production will also feature Wiener Philharmoniker and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. The production will reunite the three soloists {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced that Joel Sandelson has been named the winner of the Herbert Von Karajan Young Conductors Award. The award, which is given every two years, recognizes outstanding talents in conductors aged 35 and under. The prize includes 15,000 Euros, as well as the opportunity to conduct a Festival concert in August 2022 with the ORF Radio {…}
The Salzburg Festival is teaming up with Swarovski again for a revival production of “Tosca.” The festival announced that for one of the three costumes that have been created for Anna Netrebko, the red concert dress was conceived as “restrained fireworks” featuring 40,000 Swarovski crystals in four different shades of red. Costume Design Jan Meier noted that over the shining {…}
The Kühne Foundation has announced that it will continue to sponsor the Salzburg Festival for at least three more years, until 2024. The Foundation has been a main sponsor since 2019 and since 2013 the Kühne Foundation has provided additional support to the Young Singers project, which is a major platform for young international vocalists. “This sponsorship gives security to {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced that Siemens will remain the main sponsor of the event until 2026. Siemens has a lengthy history with the festival, serving as sponsors between 1995 through 1998 before becoming the main sponsor from 1999 onward. Siemens enables the festival to offer up free access to performances throughout the world via its Siemens Festival> Nights, which {…}
The Salzburg Festival and the City of Salzburg’s Public Health Authority have confirmed that on July 18, 2021, an audience member tested positive for coronavirus who attended the premiere of “Jedermann” on July 17. The festival and health department were informed that the infected person had been fully vaccinated. The surrounding circumstances were all checked, and thanks to the personalization {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced that its 2021 edition will take place without seating capacity limitations. The festival announced that due to the expected vaccination rate of the audience (at Whitsun, more than 60 percent of visitors were already vaccinated) and the broad availability of tests, significant easements can be implemented compared to last year. In a statement, Executive Director {…}
(Credit: Anne Zeuner) The Salzburg Festival has announced the participants of the 2021 Young Singers Project. The participants will participate in productions of “Vom Stern, der nitch leuchten konnte,” “Tosca,” the YCA Award Concert Weekend, and “Elektra.” Soprano Miriam Kutrowatz, contralto Freya Apffelstaedt, bass-baritone Gabriel Rollinson, tenor Sebastian Mach, countertenor Tobias Hechler, soprano Liubov Medvedeva, and baritone Nikolai Zemlyanskikh will {…}
The Salzburg Festival has announced that soprano Regula Mühlemann will appear in Händel’s “Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.” Mühlemann will step in for Mélissa Petit, who per a press release, is stepping down from the role of Bellezza. Mühlemann, who made her Salzburg Festival debut in 2012 in “Das Labryinth,” will join a cast that includes Cecilia Bartoli, {…}
(Credits: © Holger Hage / Deutsche Grammophon / Semperoper Dresden official website) The Belgrade Summer Festival has announced that mezzo-soprano superstar Elīna Garanča will perform the title role in a concert performance of George Bizet‘s operatic masterwork “Carmen” on July 4, 2021. Garanča will be joined onstage by American tenor Jonathan Tetelman in the role of Don José, and Lithuanian {…}