Triumph of the Salzburg Festival in US Press
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15
Dec
2017
) Mark Swed/LOS ANGELES TIMES chooses the Salzburg Festival as Festival of the year.
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A Happy Symbiosis: The Vienna Philharmonic and the Salzburg Festival
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
11:12 h;
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General
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11
Dec
2017
) Clemens Hellsberg illuminates the complex relationships the Vienna Philharmonic has with Salzburg. This book launch signals the beginning of a series of publications leading up to the 100th anniversary of the Salzburg Festival.
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Dear audience
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
11:50 h;
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General
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9
Nov
2017
) A thousand thanks to you. As a result of your interest, involvement and enthusiasm, we were able to exceed our ambitious expectations and make the 2017 Salzburg Festival a true epicentre of the extraordinary. Your positive response and audible, visible joy in the challenge make it our task to continue to explore the great issues of humanity in our 2018 programme.
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Final Report on the Salzburg Festival 2017
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
10:28 h;
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General
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28
Aug
2017
) Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler, Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser, Lukas Crepaz as Executive Director, Bettina Hering, Director of Drama, and Florian Wiegand, Director of Concerts about the Salzburg Festival 2017.
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Nestlé and Salzburg Festival YCA Award Winner 2017 • Kerem Hasan
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6
Aug
2017
) During the Award Concert Weekend 2017, the 25-year-old Kerem Hasan from Great Britain convinced the international jury chaired by Dennis Russell Davies in a concert with the soloist Anne-Fleur Werner and the Camerata Salzburg at the Mozarteum Foundation.
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Benefit of the Aida rehearsal
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
08:35 h;
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Opera
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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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Impressive Opening of the 2017 Salzburg Festival
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
12:35 h;
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General
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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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TerraceTalk “Aida”
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
15:45 h;
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Opera
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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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Exhibition Opening “Behind the Scenes”
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
07:00 h;
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General
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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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Ride for Free with your Festival Ticket
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
07:45 h;
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General
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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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Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2018
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
09:08 h;
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Whitsun
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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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This was the Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2017
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
13:00 h;
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Whitsun
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5
Jun
2017
) This has been the Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2017 with the motto “The joy of grief”.
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Anne-Sophie Mutter: 40-year Anniversary
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
14:37 h;
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Whitsun
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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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Young Voices at the Salzburg Festival
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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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Finalists of the YCA 2017 are choosen
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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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Interview with tenor Norman Reinhardt
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
08:51 h;
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Whitsun
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12
May
2017
) Rehearsals for the new production of Ariodante have begun – the tenor Norman Reinhardt speaks about his Whitsun engagement.
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"The Exterminating Angel" wins Opera Award 2017
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8
May
2017
) Thomas Adès wins the Opera Award in the category "World Premiere"! His opera The Exterminating Angel, commissioned by the Salzburg Festival and premiered in 2016, convinced the expert jury of the Opera Awards.
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A Peace Project for 100 Years
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
06:40 h;
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General
(
25
Apr
2017
) 100 years ago, on 25 April 1917, Max Reinhardt sent his “Memorandum regarding the Construction of a Festival Theatre in Hellbrunn” to Vienna.
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Number of Youth Subscriptions Doubled
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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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Touching the Nerves of Modernism
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
07:00 h;
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Opera
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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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Director Michael Sturminger to Take Over Jedermann
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
15:42 h;
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Drama
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6
Apr
2017
) There will be a change of directors for Jedermann. The Festival has managed to engage director Michael Sturminger and his team of designers, Renate Martin and Andreas Donhauser, for the new 2017 Jedermann – an experienced and successful leading team.
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Johanna Maier & Sons Cook at the Festspielhaus
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
12:25 h;
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Whitsun
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4
Apr
2017
) The award-winning chef Johanna Maier and her sons will treat guests to an early-summer menu created especially with the Festival in mind. Johanna Maier’s cuisine is known for her mission to be in synch with the seasons and nature.
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Festival Directorate Returns to Three Members
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
11:00 h;
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General
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4
Apr
2017
) Since 01 April 2017, the Salzburg Festival Directorate has three members again. Lukas Crepaz had his first official day as the new Executive Director of the Salzburg Festival yesterday and was introduced to the staff at the Festspielhaus.
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The Vienna Philharmonic at 175
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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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Panoply of Power
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
07:38 h;
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General
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30
Jan
2017
) Power comes in many guises. Sometimes it assumes the shape of the sublime, sometimes the face of destruction. Sometimes it comes as a repressive force, sometimes it brings emancipation. While in dramatic texts, it often leads to the apotheosis of the hero and heroine, it can just as easily let them fall into an abyss. In all cases, however, our attention is drawn to the fact that something has disturbed the ordinary course of events.
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In Praise of Reconciliation
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
10:08 h;
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Opera
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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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Ouverture spirituelle • Transfiguration
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
12:05 h;
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Concert
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11
Jan
2017
) Sacred music, religiously inspired works and sounds which escape from earthly bonds will spark off one another in this year’s Ouverture spirituelle: from the vocal polyphony of the Renaissance to baroque, classical and romantic repertoire, and beyond, to the music of the twentieth century.
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