Interviews & Features

Here you will find interviews and features about the programme of the Salzburg Easter Festival 2025.

A Kind of Wasteland
About the Premiere of
»Khovanshchina«

Video magazine with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Simon & Gerard McBurney

»Almost like consciousness emerging from clouds of dust«
Esa-Pekka Salonen
about his Cello Concerto

»If you would change a few names in the libretto, it would be about very recent events.«
Esa-Pekka Salonen
about »Khovanshchina«

Dance 2025: Angelin Preljocaj / Ballet Preljocaj

Festival Conductor Antonio Pappano, Director Oliver Mears and Setdesigner Philipp Fürhofer speak about the new production of »La Gioconda«

»100 Percent isn't enough ...«
Antonio Pappano
on »La Gioconda«

Antonio Pappano on the concert programme 2024

Antonio Pappano:
My Land of Longing

Tannhäuser

Westbam meets Wagner