Salzburg Festival 2020
July 18 - Aug 30
Salzburg Festival 2018
July 20 - Aug 30
Established in 1920 the Salzburg festival has a lot to offer those who love classical music, opera and the arts. Salzburg is the summer residence of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra which will celebrate its 175th anniversary this year.
This years Festival will feature 192 performances, with 81 concerts
41 Operas and 6 Concert Operas, as well as 45 plays.
Operas
Die Zauberflote - The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Grosses Festspielhaus
Conductor: Constantinos Carydis
Director: Lydia Steier
Featuring the Vienna Boys Choir
and the Vienna Philharmonic
Salome
Richard Strauss
Felsenreitschule
Conductor Franz Welser - Moest
Based on Oscar Wilde’s play 1893
The story of the women who danced for King Herod and asked
for the head of John the Baptist
L italinana in Algeri
Two acts
Sung in Italian with German and English surtitles
Conductor Jean Christphe Spinosi
The Queen of Spades
Pyotrllyich Tchaikovsky / Pushkin
Sung in Russian with German and English surtitles
Three acts 1890
Conductor: Mavis Jansons
Guest Orchestras at the festival include the London and Berlin
Symphony Orchestras and the ORF Radio Syphonie Orchestra
and Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
Along with the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart the Festival will
also hi-light works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Ludwig von Beethoven, Franz Liszt , Gustav Mahler, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and Bernd Zimmermann and many others.
Concerts
Mozart Matinees
Stiftung Mozarteum - Large Hall 11:00 am
July 21/ 22 28 / 29
August 4 / 5 11 / 12 and 18 / 19
St. Luke Passion
July 20 7:30
Felsenreitschule
Chamber Concerts
All concerts held at the Stiftung Mozarteum Grosser Saaal
Except the august 19 performance which is held at the Haus fur Mozart
July 21
July 21 6:00 pm featuring works of Sebastian Bach and Henrich Biber
Aug 1st
7:30
Chamber Concert Belcea Quartet
Bernd Zimmermann and Johannes Bach Johannes Brahms
August 7
7:30 p.m works of Anton Webern and Franz Schubert
August 9
7:30 p.m
Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelsohn, Tchaikovsky
August 10
8:00 p.m Haus fur Mozart
Tchaikovsky
August 11
7:30
Vienna Philharmonic featuring works of Hugo Wolf and Tchaikovsky
August 21
7:30 p.m
Ludwig v Beethoven and Joseph Haydn
August 24
7:30 Franz Schubert
August 28 - 29
7:30 August 29th 6:00 pm
Ludwig von Beethoven
Mozart Matenees
July 28 / 29 Aug 4/5 11/ 12 / 18/19
11:00 am
Stiftung Mozart Grosser Saal
Vienna Philharmonic
July 28 - Grossefestspielhaus
11:00 am
July 29 8:30 p.m
Bernd Zimmermann , Gustav Mahler ,
August 5 11:00 am
Aug 6 9:00 pm
Richard Strauss Luciano Berio
Aug 12 9:00 p.m
Aug 14 and 15 11:00 am
Robert Schumann Franz Schubert
Aug 18 and 19
11:00 a.m Anton Bruckner
Aug 25
11:00 am Richard Wagner Hans Henze
Dramas
Jedermann - Hugo Hofmansthal
Dom Pl
Heinrich von Kleist - Pentesile
Salzburg State Theater
Story of Troy and Achilles 1808
Director Johann Simons
Recitals
Numerous recitals featuring the works of: Johannes Bach
Johannes Brahms, Ludwig von Beethovan, Franz Liszt
Robert Schuhmann , Franz Schubert, and Richard Wagner.
Salzburg Festival 2017
There will be 188 performances, 5 new productions, 3 semi- staged performances, two concert opera performances, 35 operas, and 85 concerts.
The new Artistic Director is Markus Hinter Hausers who is definitely making is mark on the festival.
Lied recitals
From Richard Strauss, George Frideric Handel, Alban Berg,
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Percell Henry, Jean- Philippe Rameau
Recitals
Featuring the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig von Beethoven and others.
Chamber Concerts
Featuring works by Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gustav Mahler and others.
Drama
The centrepiece and yearly standard drama of the festival - Jedermann / every man, is held outdoors in the Dom Pl.
Hugo Hofmannsthal
Director: Micheal Sturming
Other dramas include The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter,
and Looking for William
Mozart Matinee Stiftung Mozarteum Grosser Saaal
Conductors: Grazinyte Tylo, Bolton, Luks, Carydis
Ticket Euro 15 - 155
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Also works by Anton Bruckner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert
OPERA:
Opera Ariodante by George Frederic Handel, 1734
Haus for Mozart
Italian with German English surtitles
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano
Director: Christof Lay
Aida Giuseppe Verdi 1870
Grosse Festspeilhaus
Conducter: Riccardo Muti
Director: Shirin Nesbit
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Idue Foscari - Giuseppe Verdi
3 acts, 1844, Italian with German and English surtitles
Conductor Michele Mariath
Grosse Festspeilhaus
Cast:
Placido Dominigo - Francesco Fascari
Joseph Calleja - Jacupo Foscari
Maria Agreste - Lucrezia Contarini
Vienna Philharmonic Choir
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Opera La clemenza di Tito - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1791, Sung in Italian with German / English surtitles
Felsenreitschule
Conductor: Teactor Correntzis
Director: Peter Sellars
Wozzeck - Alban Berg Opera 3 acts
Libretto by Alban Berg from Georg Buchners 1836 play
German with German and English surtitles
Conductor: Valdimir Jurowski
Director: William Kentridge
Vienna Philharmonic
Salzburg Festspiele Childrens Choir
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensdk District
Dimitry Shostakovich, 1932
Sung in Russian with English and German surtitles
Grosse Festspielhaus
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Director: Andreas Kriegenburg
Lear -Aribert Reimann
Felsenreitschule
Opera 1978 - Libretto by Claus Henneberg based on the 1777
German translation by Johann Ewschenberg’s of William Shakespeare’s King Lear , German with English surtitles.
Conductor : Franz Welser- Moest
Director: Simon Stone
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Concerts
Wiener Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Bavarian Radio Symphony
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony
Vienna Philharmonic
Will be performing works by Richard Strauss, Anton Bruckner,
Gustav Mahler, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and others.
Chambers Concerts
Featuring the works of Franz Schubert , Johann Sebastian Bach, Gustav Mahler and others.
Solo recitals
Numerous solo recitals
Ouveture Spiritualle:
Works by Handel, Mozart
For a wonderful Travel Program Guide easily informing about and how to get from one venue to the next within the beautiful city of Salzburg as well as the surrounding Province
See: Salzburg Itinerary
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Salzburg Festival 2015
OPERAS
Wolfgang A Mozart- The marriage of Figaro
Ludwig von Beethoven - Fidelio
Giuseppe Verdi - Iitrovatore
Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier
Vincenzo Bellini - Norma
Jules Massenet - Werther
Guiseppe Verdi - Erani
Featured this year at the Salzburg Festival:
Die Eroberung von Mexico – Wolfgang Rihm
Music drama by Antonin Artaud ( 1896-1948)
Wolfgang Rihm
Libretto by Wolfgang Rihm
A new production English and German subtitles
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
Director: Peter Konwitschny
Main Cast
Montezuma: Angela Denoke
Cortez: Bo Skoyhus
The Conquest of Mexico is not a historical drama
rather the theme of this opera is that of encountering, the other.
The Salzburg Festival will also feature
The Barber of Seville for Children
Monika Sigl Radauer
Workshop to introduce kids to the Barber of Seville production for children, introduce kids to the production of the opera, the characters and the storyline. 45 min
Salzburg Festival Dramas
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal-Jedermann / Everyman
Has been performed at the Salzburg Festival for the past 90 years.
A play about the death of a wealthy man. The theme is that great wealth will make no difference in the end.
The performance will be moved indoors to the Grosses Festspielhaus in case of bad weather.
Directors Julian Crouch and Brian Mertes
2hrs
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Clavigo
Berthold Brecht - Kurt Weill - Mack The Knife
A Salzburg Threepenny Opera
William Shakespeare - Comedy of Errors
Salzburg Festival Concerts 2015
Vienna Philharmonic
Works of Anton Bruckner and Bohuslav Martinu
Large Fest Spielhaus
Performers : Christian Elsner, Yannick Nezet- Seguin,
Franz- Josef Selig, Karen Cargill, Peter Dijkstra, Dorthea Roeschmann,
Lied Recitals at the Salzburg Festival - various performances songs and arias features the works of: Hugo Wolf, Franz List,Francesco Paolo Tusti, Reynaldo Hahn, Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Faure, Giuseppe Verdi, and Gustav Mahler
Mozart Matinees at the Salzburg Festival - Stiftung Mozarteum, also including works by
Franz Schubert
The Vienna Philharmonic will also perform with the Young Wind and Brass at the Salzburg Festival.
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