Blog entries for "Opera"
( 18 Apr 2017 ) Due to high demand, the Salzburg Festival will double the number of its youth subscriptions in 2017. Altogether, 6,000 tickets for operas, dramas and concerts will be reserved for young people up to the age of 26 (i.e. born after June 30, 1990) with discounts of up to 90%.
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published in: Opera
( 12 Apr 2017 ) Wozzeck, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Lear: the three 20th-century operas which stand out among the upcoming Festival programme are some the most striking works of musical theatre in recent history. Taken in sequence, they mark breaking points and reflect the intensification of the genre.
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( 28 Mar 2017 ) In the history of the Vienna Philharmonic, which celebrates their 175th anniversary on 28 March 2017, Salzburg occupies a special place – since 1925 the city is the orchestra's summer home.
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published in: Opera
( 20 Jan 2017 ) Director Peter Sellars returns to the Salzburg Festival to stage Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito. In a video statement, he explains his take on the great opera of reconciliation.
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published in: Opera
( 1 Dec 2016 ) The beginning of Markus Hinterhäuser’s new tenure as Artistic Director is marked in
the 2017 opera programme by five new productions, three semi-staged
performances and two operas performed in concert. Of course Ariodante, performed at
the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, will also be shown during the summer.
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published in: Opera, General
( 31 Aug 2016 )
Altogether, 46 opera
performances were on the programme: three new productions, two revivals, one restaging,
one revival from the Salzburg Whitsun Festival and three concert performances
formed the 2016 opera offerings.
Compared to last
summer, 12,000 opera tickets more were on sale – a record topped only during
the Mozart Year 2006.
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published in: Opera
( 24 Aug 2016 )
Clemens
Hellsberg describes it as one of the happiest moments of his professional life
– the former Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic refers to an email he received
from tenor Juan Diego Flórez. In that email, the tenor voiced his interest in
performing the opera Il templario by
Otto Nicolai, the founder of the Vienna Philharmonic. Hellsberg is not only the
former Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, but also a veritable expert on the
life and work of Otto Nicolai. “It is very meaningful when a great artist such
as Flórez champions such a rarely performed opera,” says Clemens Hellsberg.
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published in: Opera
( 21 Aug 2016 ) An airhead? No! – That is not Susanna at all. “She holds all the threads in her hand,” says Anna Prohaska, who sings the role in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro this Festival summer. Still, the focus of Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s production is more on the Count and Countess, the soprano says. And yet Susanna is “the Hans Sachs of lyric sopranos,” she says with a laugh. After all, Susanna is constantly on stage.
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( 5 Aug 2016 ) When Anna Netrebko sings, she is always moved to tears, says Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler at the press conversation with the singer. “Anna has made Festival history, and I hope that she will continue to do so.”
The Russian artist starts by pointing out that she has worn a colourful outfit to counteract the rain outside, taking her seat on the podium with a smile.
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( 4 Aug 2016 ) For the first time, Charles Gounod’s Faust will be performed at the Salzburg Festival. At the Terrace Talk, Reinhard von der Thannen (director, set and costume designer) and conductor Alejo Pérez offered first insights into their concept.
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