Blog entries
22
FEB
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
13:50 h;
published in: Opera, Drama
The Salzburg Festival is pleased that Nicolas Stemann’s nine-hour production of Faust I + II, a 2011 co-production of the Salzburg Festival and the Thalia Theater Hamburg, has been invited to this year’s Theatertreffen in Berlin (May 4-20, 2012). The piece will be revived at the Berliner Festspiele – as one of the ten most remarkable productions of the season.
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24
FEB
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
17:33 h;
published in: General
January 9, 2012 was the deadline for ticket orders for the 2012 Salzburg Festival. The positive interim result is an increase of 20% compared to the previous year. The ideas of Artistic Director Alexander Pereira are finding open ears. “The extension of our programming has been fully accepted. I am especially gratified that the Ouverture spirituelle, the opening of the Salzburg Festival with a week of sacred music, has met with such broad interest,” Alexander Pereira said.
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28
FEB
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
12:10 h;
published in: Opera
Georges Bizet’s opera
Carmen is not only one of the most-performed, but also one of the most popular operas on the Salzburg program this coming summer. Gabrielle Dalton, the costume designer for this co-production with the Easter Festival, has been coming to Salzburg regularly during the past months to prepare the production. She recently talked to us about her work.
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5
MAR
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
10:33 h;
published in: Concert, Whitsun
This year’s Salzburg Whitsun Festival is dominated by Queen Cleopatra. The great Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin has been commissioned to write a work about this mythical figure. His narration combines old and new elements, is inspired by Shakespeare and allows Anna Netrebko to sing in her mother tongue. The mini-opera offers a universal story, replete with grand drama and fresh text. Brigitte Kempen (Opernglas) met Rodion Shchedrin in Munich, to learn more about this upcoming world premiere.
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30
MAR
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
11:50 h;
published in: Concert
They were selected from 91 applicants by a jury chaired by Ingo Metzmacher: the three finalists of the “Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award 2012”. The programs with which the three young conductors – the 20-year-old Briton Jamie Phillips, the 33-year-old Argentine Christian Baldini and the 26-year-old Lithuanian Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla – will present themselves for the first time to a large audience have now been determined. As part of the Award Concert Weekend on April 28 and 29, 2012, they will introduce themselves at the Felsenreitschule. For the first time, you will have the opportunity to be present when the best young conductor is chosen.
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10
MAR
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
09:00 h;
published in: Festival Ball
On September 1, 2012, the instruction “Alles Tanz!” (“All Dance!”) will ring out for the first time at the Salzburg Festival. “A grand gala dinner at Salzburg’s Residenz will precede the ball at the Felsenreitschule. There, great Festival stars will give a brief concert before the ceremonious opening, featuring the opening dance of the debutantes in traditional Salzburg costumes. Please mark September 1 on your calendars as a must,” said Artistic Director Alexander Pereira.
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13
MAR
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
18:03 h;
published in: Opera
Because of health problems occurring over the past months, Riccardo Chailly’s doctors have advised him to take longer breaks between individual projects. The Salzburg Festival is happy to have engaged Daniel Harding, who led both Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro at the Salzburg Festival during recent years, in Chailly’s stead as the conductor for the new production of Ariadne auf Naxos. However, Chailly will conduct the Gewandhaus Orchestra on August 30, 2012 in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 6
in A-Minor.
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26
MAR
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
10:41 h;
published in: Opera
The realization of Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s monumental work Die Soldaten is one of the central opera productions of the upcoming Festival summer. We spoke to costume designer Eva Dessecker about her collaboration with stage director Alvis Hermanis and her passion for historical costumes that are accurate down to the last detail.
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29
MAR
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
11:55 h;
published in: General
March 30 is the start-date for our general ticket sales. Starting immediately, you can buy your Festival tickets online, with the unique opportunity to check the sightlines of your selected seat. On January 9, pre-sales for the 2012 season had already exceeded expectations. “The positive reports about ticket sales so far, however, should not create the false impression that there are no tickets left. Our website gives you a current overview of available tickets. Just give it a try,” says Festival president Helga Rabl-Stadler.
Blogs, podcasts and videos already allow you to follow current preparations for the Festival season. Join us in looking forward to a fascinating Festival summer!
30
MAR
2012
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
10:20 h;
published in: General
On March 31, this year’s Festival Supplement will be published in the Salzburger Nachrichten. The supplement can be purchased throughout Austria. This Festival publication is made possible by a close cooperation with the Salzburger Nachrichten. You may also read its numerous contributions on our homepage.
SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2012
The Festival Supplement of the
Salzburger Nachrichten
Download PDF: Salzburg Festival 2012
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