Blog entries for "General"
27
AUG
2011
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
10:12 h;
published in: Concert, General
On Friday, August 26, 2011, the film premiere of Scheitern, scheitern, besser scheitern! with Gert Voss and Harald Schmitt took place at DAS KINO Salzburg at 8:30 pm. After this, the character actor Gert Voss received the Kurier’s Romy Award and the Grand Decoration of Honor of the State of Salzburg.
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26
AUG
2011
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
13:38 h;
published in: General
Today, August 26, saw the final press conference of the 2011 Salzburg Festival. Figures and facts on the highly successful summer season were presented to the press. The percentage of seats sold is projected at 95% and the number of visitors at 251,062 – thus, this summer’s Festival was once again particularly popular with the audience.
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25
AUG
2011
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
09:10 h;
published in: Drama, General
Landeshauptfrau Gabi Burgstaller presented the Grand Decoration of Honor of the State of Salzburg to Thomas Oberender on August 24. The Director of Drama of the Salzburg Festival, who will be leaving this position shortly, was honored for his professional, artistically valuable and extremely successful services to the Festival by the Landeshauptfrau.
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24
AUG
2011
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
12:00 h;
published in: Drama, General
The jury has decided – the winners of this year’s Montblanc Young Directors Award are Christer Lundahl and Martina Seitl. This morning, they accepted the prize for the best director for their piece Symphony of a Missing Room, a poetic tour of Salzburg’s Museum der Moderne.
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23
AUG
2011
by
Erich Schagerl
09:26 h;
published in: Concert, General
Der Endspurt bei den Festspielen hat begonnen: Für die Wiener Philharmoniker ist vergangene Woche die letzte Opernpremiere (Don Giovanni) erfolgreich über die Bühne gegangen. So neigt sich ein Sommer, in dem wir Künstler unsere Erfahrungen in verschiedensten Stilrichtungen einbringen – so wie auch viele neue sammeln konnten –, dem Ende zu.
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22
AUG
2011
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
17:30 h;
published in: General
Since 1977, the Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus has awarded the Clemens Krauss Medal to personalities who have distinguished themselves with special service to the Concert Association. This year, the honor goes to Festival President Dr. Helga Rabl-Stadler. The ceremony took place on August 22 at the SalzburgKulisse at the Haus für Mozart.
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22
AUG
2011
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
09:40 h;
published in: Concert, General
On August 22 at 8:30 pm, the fourth song recital of this year’s Salzburg Festival takes place. Due to illness, Thomas Quasthoff has been forced to cancel his performance in Salzburg. We are very happy that Simon Keenlyside has agreed to perform the same repertoire in his stead: Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, settings of poems by Wilhelm Müller – with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the piano.
20
AUG
2011
by
Alek Shrader
19:00 h;
published in: Opera, General
While I am prone to stay indoors and enjoy the rainy weather, much has happened: Most recently, I had a crisis with my computer. In a bout of clumsiness, I spilt pineapple juice over my laptop. As a laptop is an important piece of equipment for any international traveler, I quickly decided this was a mistake and followed the “Dang, I’ve Just Murdered My Laptop With Liquid” panic list.
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20
AUG
2011
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
11:43 h;
published in: Concert, General
On August 19, Daniel Barenboim conducted a concert of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Großes Festspielhaus. After the concert, the exceptional artist was ceremoniously presented with the annual Tolerance Award of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The prize went to Daniel Barenboim for his artistic initiatives, in which true tolerance comes to life and is promoted.
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19
AUG
2011
by
Uli Kirsch
11:03 h;
published in: Opera, General
Le nozze di Figaro ist abgespielt und der Engel Uli Kirsch wieder auf dem Weg nach Hause. Noch im Zug lässt er die Zeit in Salzburg Revue passieren und das Publikum an seinen schönsten Momenten teilhaben. Der Abschied war schwerer als erwartet, denn Salzburg hat in den letzten fünf Jahren sein Leben verändert. Wohin die Reise des Engels geht und ob sie ihn nach Salzburg zurückführen wird, bleibt abzuwarten. Wir wünschen uns: „Uli, komm bald wieder!“
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