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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: Opera
( 24 Jun 2016 ) For the first time in the history of the Salzburg Festival, Mozart’s complete Da Ponte cycle can be heard this year. Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro, the libretti for which were all written by Lorenzo da Ponte, are among Mozart’s most popular operas next to Die Zauberflöte. But not only that: they are also considered the psychologically most astute and politically most charged of his works, having been written during insecure times: the French Revolution was about to begin, or in full swing already.
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( 27 Jun 2016 ) Of course there are many experienced opera and concert conductors to look forward to during the upcoming Festival summer. However, as talented young artists join their well-known singer and instrumentalist colleagues on the Festival stages, the coming generation of conductors is also making an entrance. Among them are Constantinos Carydis, Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Lionel Bringuier.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: Opera
( 29 Jun 2016 )
The dress rehearsal for West Side Story on Friday, August 19 at 2 pm will be opened for ticket sales due to high demand. Ticket sales begin on Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 9:30 am. Tickets will be offered at reduced prices ranging from 20 to 245 Euros. Ticket sales take place exclusively via the daytime ticket office at the Salzburg Festival SHOP • KARTEN / TICKETS, Hofstallgasse 1, and via the Salzburg Festival homepage. Do not miss this one-time chance – secure your tickets for this successful musical production today!
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: General
( 30 Jun 2016 ) A few days ago, the Directorate of the Salzburg Festival instructed a law firm to declare the immediate cancellation of its contract and business relationship with the company Polzer Travel- und Ticketcenter GmbH und CoKG. After extensive review and consideration during the past weeks, the economic situation of the company Polzer Travel- und Ticketcenter GmbH und CoKG and its resulting default and failure to fulfill its financial obligations towards the Salzburg Festival Fund made this measure unavoidable. It is a measure the Salzburg Festival very much regrets, as for decades, the company Polzer Travel- und Ticketcenter GmbH und CoKG was a highly reliable business partner to the Salzburg Festival Fund.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: Concert
( 1 Jul 2016 ) Young stars of the classical music world are increasingly conquering stages everywhere. Thus, the Salzburg Festival is delighted to welcome the two exceptional pianists Yuja Wang and Khatia Buniatishvili as well as the amazingly talented cellist Sol Gabetta, who are sure to enchant the Festival’s audiences this summer!
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
12:34
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published in: General
( 4 Jul 2016 )
Mag. Lukas Crepaz, 34 years old, has been appointed Business Director of
the Salzburg Festival as of April 1, 2017. The Festival’s Directorate will
thereby revert to three members, as was the case prior to 2011. “We are delighted to have identified a young Austrian cultural manager
who has made a name for himself at highly renowned cultural institutions abroad,
and to have hired him for the Salzburg Festival. Mr. Crepaz competed with
high-carat candidates during an extensive and comprehensive selection process
and proved the most qualified applicant,” thus the Chairman of the Salzburg
Festival Fund Supervisory Board, State Representative Mag. Hans Scharfetter, announcing
the appointment of Lukas Crepaz.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: Concert
( 7 Jul 2016 ) To perform once at the Salzburg Festival – this dream comes true for 13 young singers this year. They are participating in the Young Singers Project, initiated by the Salzburg Festival in 2008 to create a high-carat education platform for rising young vocalists. These talents, aged 21 to 29, arrived this week in Salzburg and are now looking forward to a varied programme.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: Concert
( 8 Jul 2016 ) Tomorrow, July 9 at 9:30 am is the start of free ticket distribution for the 11th Special Appearance of the Vienna Philharmonic with young wind and brass talents from Salzburg and Upper Austria. The successful education project is a co-production of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Salzburg Festival and the Salzburg Association of Wind Bands. The project is also supported by the State of Upper Austria, the Upper Austrian Association of Wind Bands and the State of Salzburg. It takes place this year on August 28, 2016 at 11:30 am at the Felsenreitschule.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: General
( 9 Jul 2016 ) Free, Comfortable, Eco-Friendly Rides to the Salzburg Festival: Once again, the Association of Friends of the Salzburg Festival supports ecologically friendly and free mobility for Festival guests attending approximately 200 performances.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: General
( 15 Jul 2016 ) The workshops with M.A.C Cosmetics are already a tradition at the Festspielhaus. Two years ago, for example, makeup for mature skin was the subject of the workshop. A few days ago, Kathrin Jokubonis, Manager of Training at M.A.C, offered valuable tips for makeup techniques in the style of the 1960s and 1970s to about 80 makeup artists of the Salzburg Festival in a two-hour workshop. The looks of style icons such as Twiggy, Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda were recreated. M.A.C has been a product sponsor of the Salzburg Festival since 2008; every year before the Festival, it offers training sessions on the optimal use of its products in the theatre. The subject of this year’s workshop was inspired by the opera production The Exterminating Angel.
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