Salzburg Festival
Mozart here, “Sound of Music” there, Salzburg is above all the “Festival City”. Every summer, the Salzburg Festival transforms Salzburg into one giant stage.
It’s a music festival that embraces the great composers and authors of the last centuries. You can roughly pide the performances into three areas.
Opera: The brilliant performances at the Large Festival Hall are riddled with stars of the scene. Not just Mozart operas, but also Italian composers as well as modern pieces are performed here.
Drama: “Everyman” is the Festival’s main pillar and is accompanied by Austrian authors such as Thomas Bernhardt, also born in Salzburg (main focus in 2016) and international names such as Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett.
Concert: Solo recitals, chamber concerts, matinées and orchestral concerts. Classical music forms the largest part of the Festival. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the best orchestras on the world stage. There is also a constant stream of many other great names playing at the many venues around the city.
The Diverse Concise Itinerary in Salzburg
19th. August 2017 Sat Concert
Concert at 11:00 o\'clock : orchestera concert Wiener Philharmoniker
20th. August 2017 Sun
Visit the backstage with a professional artist
The Festival welcoming party at 16:00 o\'clock in VIP Lounge
Concert at 17:00 o\'clock : West-Eastern pan Orchestra 2 · Barenboim
21st. August 2017 Mon
Enjoy shooting locations of “the Sound of Music”in the morning.
City sightseeing in Salzburg in the afternoon.
Opera at 19:00 o\'clock : Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
The Diverse Events on Aug 19th, 20th and 21st
1.DATE & TIME
19. August 2017
Sat at 11:00 o\'clock
Concert
Wiener Philharmoniker · Blomstedt
PROGRAMME DETAIL:
A.RICHARD STRAUSS Metamorphosen – A study for 23 solo strings, Op. AV 142
B.ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
PERFORMERS:
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor
VENUE: Grosses Festspielhaus
2.DATE & TIME
20. August 2017
Sun at 17:00 o\'clock
Concert
West-Eastern pan Orchestra 2 · Barenboim
PROGRAMME DETAIL:
A.MAURICE RAVEL Ma mère l\'oye
(version for orchestra)
B.DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings in C minor, Op. 35
C.MAURICE RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
(version for orchestra)
D.ALBAN BERG Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6
PERFORMERS:
Martha Argerich, Piano
Bassam Mussad, Trumpet
West-Eastern pan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
VENUE: Grosses Festspielhaus
3.DATE & TIME
21. August 2017
Mon at 19:00 o\'clock
Opera
Dmitry Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
PROGRAMME DETAIL:
A.Opera in four acts (original version, 1930–32)
Libretto by Alexander Preis and Dmitry Shostakovich after the short story of the same name (1865) by Nikolai Leskov
B.New production
Sung in Russian with German and English surtitles
CREATIVE TEAM:
Wiener Philharmoniker
Mariss Jansons, Conductor
Andreas Kriegenburg, Director
Harald B. Thor, Sets
Tanja Hofmann, Costumes
Stefan Bolliger, Lighting
Christian Arseni, Dramaturgy
VENUE: Grosses Festspielhaus
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION:
This opera in four acts written by Dmitri Schostakowitsch premiered in 1934. It is the story of Katerina Ismailowa, who is unhappily married to the rich merchant Sinowi. She gets involved with the servant Sergej. Her father-in-law catches them in the act and Katerina kills him with rats poison. And kills her husband, too. During the wedding of Katerina and Sergej, they are arrested and sentenced to forced labor. While Katerina is true to Sergej, he flirts with another woman. Consequently, Katerina kills her rival and commits suicide.
