26 July – 30 August

Leopold Lindtberg pursued untrodden paths with a new interpretation of Jedermann. He allowed God to appear on stage in person, presented the Devil as a club-footed law clerk with a catalogue of sins tucked under his arm, and stuck the Announcer in a monk’s habit. Even the long table to which Jedermann invites his guests – for ages a central item in the stage décor – gave way to small seated groups. Last year’s successful production of Cavalieri’s Rappresentazione di anima e di corpo moved to the Collegiate Church, where it remained in the repertoire until 1973. This was the first time since 1922 that the church was used as a Festival venue. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle continued his work with a new Così fan tutte conducted by Seiji Ozawa. The Italian diplomat Pietro Quaroni took up a highly topical issue in his ceremonial address: “Festivals in the Mass Media”.

1969: Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di anima e di corpo, staged in the Collegiate Church.

New production
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Jedermann
D: Leopold Lindtberg
Cs: Rudolf Heinrich
Cathedral Square / Grosses Festspielhaus

New production
Ferdinand Raimund
Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind (“The Alpine King and the Misanthropist’)
D: Kurt Meisel
Ds: Lois Egg
Cs: Charlotte Flemming
Kleines Festspielhaus

New production
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte
C: Seiji Ozawa
P/Ds/Cs: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Kleines Festspielhaus

New production
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bastien und Bastienne
C: Leopold Hager
P/Ds: Ladislav Stros
Cs: Marcel Pokorny
Residence

New production
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
La serva padrona
C: Leopold Hager
P/Ds: Ladislav Stros
Cs: Marcel Pokorny
Residence

Revivals: Don Giovanni, Fidelio, Der Rosenkavalier, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rappresentatione di anima e di corpo

12 orchestral concerts, 4 chamber concerts, 7 serenades, 5 matinées, 5 solo recitals, 5 lieder recitals, 1 church concert