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1938
The influx of Hitler’s troops into Austria led to severe interference in the Festival’s programmes. Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Jedermann, the heart of the Festival since 1920, was struck from the repertoire, as was Max Reinhardt’s legendary production of Faust. The Festival’s supporting institution, the Salzburg Festival Association, was placed beneath the auspices of the local Gauleiter, and its president, Baron Heinrich Puthon, was removed from office. The new potentates were still able to profit from the work of the former directors: the remodelled Festival Theatre was inaugurated with a performance of Wagner’s Meistersinger, now conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. Many of the artists who helped to establish the Festival’s fame were unwilling or forbidden to take part in it, above all Max Reinhardt, Bruno Walter and Arturo Toscanini. Their place was taken by new names on the Festival’s playbills, most notably that of Karl Böhm, who made his debut with Don Giovanni.
The ideology and rabid racism of the Nazi regime were manifest in the exhibition of Entartete Kunst (“Degenerate Art”) that was displayed in the Festival Theatre from 4 September to 2 October.
1938: The Festival as propaganda vehicle: Nazi flags line the approach to the Festival Theatre.
New production Heinrich von Kleist Amphitryon D: Erich Engel Ds: Stefan Hlawa Festspielhaus New production Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Egmont D: Heinz Hilpert Ds: Ernst Schütte Summer Riding School New production Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni C: Karl Böhm D: Wolf Völker Ds: Robert Kautsky Festspielhaus New production Richard Wagner Tannhäuser C: Hans Knappertsbusch D: Max Hofmüller Ds: Robert Kautsky Festspielhaus Revivals: Fidelio, Le nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier, Falstaff[/I], Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 7 orchestral concerts, 1 chamber concert, 8 serenades, 6 concerts of sacred music, 2 church concerts
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