Blog entries
( 24 May 2017 ) In addition to resounding names like Anna Netrebko, Thomas Hampson, Krassimira Stoyanova, Rolando Villazón, Elīna Garanča or Piotr Beczala the “young voices” are also increasingly moving into the limelight.
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( 15 May 2017 ) Marie Jacquot (France), Kerem Hasan (Great Britain) and Nuno Filipe Coelho Silva (Portugal) are the three choosen young finalists competing for the 2017 prize during the Award Concert Weekend.
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published in: Whitsun
( 6 Jun 2017 ) 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of Gioachino Rossini’s death. The 2018 Salzburg Whitsun Festival is dedicated to his memory.
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published in: Whitsun
( 4 Jun 2017 ) 40 years ago, on 29 May, Anne-Sophie Mutter, back then 14 years old, performed at the Salzburg Festival for the first time. Now and then she amazes the audience.
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published in: Whitsun
( 5 Jun 2017 ) This has been the Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2017 with the motto “The joy of grief”.
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published in: General
( 20 Jun 2017 ) Also in this Festival Summer the Association of Friends of the Salzburg Festival supports a comfortable and free transfer for the festival guests with public means of transport.
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published in: General
( 14 Jul 2017 ) The exhibition in the entrance foyer of the Grosses Festspielhaus on 22 July is a cooperation with the Leica Gallery Salzburg and the Leica Camera AG. It allows the audience to get a glimpse “Behind the Scenes” of the Salzburg Festival 2017.
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published in: Opera
( 18 Jul 2017 ) Artist Shirin Neshat in an interview to the upcoming new production of the opera “Aida” at the Salzburg Festival 2017.
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published in: General
( 31 Jul 2017 ) The 97th Salzburg Festival opened officially on 27 July 2017 with a festive ceremony at the Felsenreitschule. After Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler welcomed the guests, Landeshauptmann Wilfried Haslauer and Federal Minister Thomas Drozda spoke, the lawyer and writer Ferdinand von Schirach delivered the keynote address and Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria, gave the opening speech.
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published in: Opera
( 4 Aug 2017 ) The Salzburg Festival is donating 50,000 Euro to facilitate musical education for Syrian refugee children in Jordan during the next two years.
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