Salzburger Festspiele
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| Country and Region | Austria — Salzburg Land |
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| Type of Festival | Drama, Music |
| Location of Festival | Salzburg, Salzburg Land, Austria |
| Festival Address Information | Salzburger Festspiele |
| Festival Description | Today, the annual Salzburg Festival is universally regarded as the world’s best-known musical and theatrical event. The team of the Salzburg Festival adheres more closely to the ideas of the original founders. The classical heritage should be conveyed to meet the needs of a modern-day audience, the great works of the 20th century should be presented in top-quality productions and contemporary music and drama should feature strongly in the programme. |
| Festival Dates | July 26 - August 31, 2008 |
| Festival Links | http://www.salzburgfestival.at http://www.afsalzburgfestival.com http://www.jungefreunde.at |
Other Sources:
Articles and Reviews:
- No Salzburg Festival Ticket for Years Has Been So Hard to Come By: Netrebko and Villazón in La Traviata by George Loomis (International Herald Tribune, August 24, 2005)
http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=25897 - Salzburg Festival to stage Mozart marathon in 2006 (CBC News, January, 20, 2005)
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/01/20/Arts/salzburgmozart050120.html - The Salzburg Festival Part 2 Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt: Let’s Hear This Forgotten Masterpiece More Often! by Irving Spitz (Education Update Online, January 2005)
http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2005/january/webhtml/MAD-Spitz.html - A new act at Salzburg festival by George Loomis (International Herald Tribune, September 1, 2004)
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/09/01/loomis_ed3_.php - 84-Year Old Salzburg Festival Appoints New Artistic Director by Morgan Allen (Playbill, August 31, 2004)
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/88157.html - Flimm named Salzburg Festival director (The Boston Globe, August 30, 2004)
http://www.boston.com/ Festival Futures: Salzburg and the Ruhr by Glenn Loney (New York Theater, Wire, August 20, 2001)
http://www.nytheatre-wire.com/lt01094t.htmPress releases:
The 98th Salzburg Festival Poster Exhibition (March 27 - April 27, 2001)
http://www.dnp.co.jp/gallery/ddd/dki/d98/d98ki_e.htmlAudio and Video:
Some of the CD collections with the recordings made at Salzburg Festival from Andante
* Alexander Zemlinsky Der König Kandaules (2-CD set)
http://www.andante.com/
* Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff - Salzburg Festival 1937 & 1957 (4-CD set)
http://www.andante.com/
* Herbert Von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic (4-CD set). It’s also available from a different company (link below)
http://www.andante.com/
http://www.cduniverse.com/
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le Nozze Di Figaro, Salzburg Festival, 1937 (3-CD set)
http://www.andante.com/
* London Symphony Orchestra Karl Böhm, Salzburg Festival (1973-1977) 4-CD set
http://www.andante.com/
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=74047
* Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (4-CD set)
http://www.andante.com/
Video Universe:
Stravinsky Rake’s Progress: Salzburg Festival (DVD)
http://www.cduniverse.com/
Books:
- Austria as Theater and Ideology: The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival. by Michael Steinberg
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Nov00/Steinberg.book.html
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/
Practical Info:
Venues:
- List of venues
http://www.salzburgfestival.at/spielstaetten.php?lang=2 Map of venues
http://www.salzburgfestival.at/ka_preiseoh_e.htmlTickets:
1) The Salzburg Festival is notorious for tickets being sold out by the end of March. Nevertheless it is always useful to check the festival website’s booking section for the availability of tickets.
- 2) Those who wish to become more involved in-depth with the festival have the option of joining the ‘Society of Friends of the Salzburg Festival’. For an annual donation of 900 euros, patrons receive priority ticket allocation, a patron’s card and access to the patron’s lounge, The Salzburg Festival Friend’s Magazine, and invitations to special rehearsals. For contact information: Friends of the Salzburg Festival, Monechsberg 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. Phone: (43) 662-8045-284. Email: office@festspielfreunde.at
- 3) Every year, the Salzburg Festival offers specially priced tickets for young people. These are priced between 15 and 22 euros and can be obtained via registering interest in advance: info@salzburgfestival.at. To further interest young people in the wonders of classical music, the festival has the international Young Friends Association, providing workshops and performances. Information can be obtained via email: jungefreunde@salzburgfestival.at
- 4) There is also the option of joining one of the eight different subscription series, which offer performances, on five consecutive days, at a ten percent discount. Every year, subscription orders are given priority before general booking opens.
- Previously listed tips, and more provided in the article by Tess Crebbin http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2004/07/salzburg4.htm
Tickets:
- In person or by mail
Kartenbüro
Herbert-von-Karajanplatz 11
Postfach 140
5010 Salzburg, Austria - By phone: (43) 662-8045-500
- By fax: (43) 662-8045-555
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