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Welcome to the Salzburg Festival Archive

 

 

 

 

When did Anne-Sophie Mutter or Asmik Grigorian make their debuts at the Salzburg Festival? How often did Herbert von Karajan conduct Verdi’s Messa da Requiem? And who was the first female conductor in Salzburg? You can find the answers to these questions in our repertoire archive.

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Salzburg Festival 1920 Jedermann at the cathedral square
History

The Salzburg Festival was founded on August 22, 1920, when Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s morality play Jedermann, directed by Max Reinhardt, was performed for the first time on the Domplatz. Since then, the Salzburg Festival has established itself as the most significant festival for opera, drama and concerts.

Timeline
The memory of the Salzburg Festival

The Salzburg Festival Archive is one of the most extensive surviving theater archives in Austria. A hybrid of archive, collection and library, it now houses numerous documents relating to the Festival’s history. It is constantly being expanded with archival materials of all kinds; you can find the current inventory overview here.

Facts & Figures
Latest projects

Parallel to the opening of the archive from February 7 to 10, 2024, the highly acclaimed FAUST 2023 Project, which arose from the idea of a living archive, was resumed. In performative guided tours, the legendary Faust city was brought back to life in a virtual reality recreation on the Felsenreitschule stage, among other things. Read more about FAUST 2023.

FAUST 2023 Project

Address of location
Neutorstraße 25
A-5020 Salzburg
archiv@salzburgfestival.at

Open on
Tuesdays and Thursdays
10:00 to 16:00 (except on public holidays and during the Christmas vacation).

Visits by groups and individuals are also possible at other times by prior arrangement.

With the support of acm (austrian capital management GmbH)