Blog entries for "Opera"
26
MAR
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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13
MAR
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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28
FEB
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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22
FEB
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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10
JAN
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
09:00 h;
published in: Opera
Agostino Cavalca, costume designer for the production Giulio Cesare in Egitto, was in Salzburg before Christmas to discuss his designs with the Salzburg Festival’s costumes and make-up team.
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9
JAN
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
18:18 h;
published in: Opera, General
Emanuel Schikaneder himself wrote a sequel for his masterwork Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), entitled Das Labyrinth oder Der Kampf mit den Elementen (The Labyrinth, or the Struggle with the Elements). Going back to the tradition of popular theater, this composition by Peter von Winter, which enjoyed enormous success at its time, will be presented during the coming Festival summer at the Residenzhof. Our trailer shows how this open-air production is weather-proofed.
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14
DEC
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
15:10 h;
published in: Opera, General
The Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus has been appearing without interruption at the Salzburg Festival’s opera performances and concerts since 1923.
On
December 13, two members of the Executive Committee of the Concert Association
of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Dr. Eliza Marian-Zurmann and Michael Knapp,
as well as Festival president Dr. Helga Rabl-Stadler and Artistic Director
Alexander Pereira signed a framework cooperation agreement for the coming five
years.
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23
NOV
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
17:06 h;
published in: Opera, General
“Sena Jurinac gave the Festival magic moments for which both audiences and critics celebrated her in equal measure” – with these words, Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler expressed her sadness at the passing of this wonderful singer. In Salzburg during the post-war period, she was among the artists who gave the Festival its outstanding international reputation.
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16
NOV
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
16:46 h;
published in: Opera, General
This is the wonderful result of the fundraising campaign of the American Friends of the Salzburg Festival in New York. This project was taken on by the Salzburg Festival Society represented by Gerhard Andlinger and Isabelle Harnoncourt two months after the nomination of Artistic Director Alexander Pereira in 2009.
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11
NOV
by
FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
11:10 h;
published in: Opera, Drama, Concert, General
On November 11, Artistic Director Alexander Pereira and Director of Drama Sven-Eric Bechtolf unveiled the eagerly anticipated program of the next Salzburg Festival, together with President Helga Rabl-Stadler. The new artistic leadership team presents new productions of classics of opera and literature, numerous world premieres and several innovations.
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