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2026
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The leading orchestra was Herbert von Karajan's founding orchestra for the festival in 1967.
© Monika RittershausThe new opera production was Richard Wagner’s »Das Rheingold«, performed at the Felsenreitschule.
© Monika RittershausIt marks the start of a new production of »Ring des Nibelungen« - conducted by principal conductor Kirill Petrenko and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov.
© Monika RittershausBaritone Christian Gerhaher - here with Jasmin White as Erda - made his debut in the role of Wotan.
© Frol PodlesnyiAlso part of the ensemble: Catriona Morison (Fricka), Dina Mialinelina (performer), Bibata Maiga (performer), Sarah Brady (Freia), Thomas Atkins (Froh) ...
© Vahid AmanpourThe Berliner Philharmoniker opened the concert series with Joseph Haydn’s oratorio »Die Schöpfung«, conducted by Daniel Harding.
© Monika RittershausThe baritone part was sung by Konstantin Krimmel, who was awarded the Herbert von Karajan Award - donated by the Karajan family - at the end of the concert.
© Monika RittershausLe Bu (Fasolt in »Das Rheingold«) und Jasmin White (Erda in »Das Rheingold«) were also honored - here with Arabel Karajan and Nikolaus Bachler.
© Monika RittershausThe second Choral Concert featured Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 8, conducted by Kirill Petreko.
© Monika RittershausA total of four choirs took part: the Rundfunkchor Berlin, the Bachchor Salzburg, the Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, and the Tölzer Knabenchor.
© Monika RittershausSome of the trombonists and trumpeters of the Berliner Philharmoniker played from the balcony of the Festspielhaus.
© Monika RittershausThe program featured Brahms' Double Concerto, with soloists Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin) and Bruno Delepelaire (cello).
© Monika RittershausIn the second half, the Philharmoniker performed Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
© Monika RittershausThe Berliner Philharmoniker invited amateur musicians from Austria and neighboring countries to apply to collaborate and work together on a concert.
© Monika Rittershaus... presented the Austrian premiere of their fascinating body installation »Planet [wanderer]«.
© rahirezvanistudioThe audience danced enthusiastically and cheered for Tilius Sodeika (VisualArt), Joao Tinen (Vocals), Anja Schneider (DJ set, music), Sven Marquardt (photography), and Jan-Eric Schulz (music) during the final applause.
© Erika MayerWith the Berliners, another tradition also returned to Salzburg: the extensive chamber music concert program, for example at the Mozarteum ...
© Monika RittershausThe program featured a total of five diverse concerts that explored the themes of contrasts and controversies in music.
© Monika RittershausAt two Late Night Concerts at Szene Salzburg, the Berliner Philharmoniker showed a different side of themselves.
© Monika RittershausBPhil in Town launched - a new series of free short concerts. Musicians from the Berliner Philharmoniker performed on a mobile VeloStage ...
@ Erika Mayer... at places such as a senior citizens' home, the state hospital, or the dinosaur hall at the Haus der Natur.
@ Erika MayerAs the Salzburg Easter Festival draws to a close, we would like to extend our special thanks to the incomparable musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker, ...
© Monika Rittershaus... and, of course, Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko for a wonderful, unforgettable time!
© Monika Rittershaus... to our Friends and Supporters Association, to the members of the new Ring Circle, to the Volkswagen Group ...
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Bibata Maiga (Performerin), Campbell Leo Caspary (Performer), Dina Mialinelina (Performerin) © Frol Podlesnyi
Sarah Brady (Freia), Bibata Maiga (Performerin), Georgy Kudrenko (Performer, unten), Dina Mialinelina (Performerin) © Frol Podlesnyi
Sarah Brady (Freia), Catriona Morison (Fricka), Bibata Maiga (Performerin), Thomas Atkins (Froh), Dina Mialinelina (Performerin), Christian Gerhaher (Wotan) © Frol Podlesnyi
Dina Mialinelina (Performerin), Thomas Atkins (Froh), Catriona Morison (Fricka), Sarah Brady (Freia) © Frol Podlesnyi
Leigh Melrose (Albrich), Christian Gerhaher (Wotan), Georgy Kudrenko (Performer), Brenton Ryan (Loge) © Frol Podlesnyi
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2025
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Die Osterfestspiele Salzburg eröffneten am 12. April mit der Premiere von Modest Mussorgskys unvollendetem Meisterwerk »Chowanschtschina« ...
.. und dem Dirigat von Festival-Dirigent Esa-Pekka Salonen - hier beim Schlussapplaus mit dem Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra im Graben.
In den Hauptpartien brillierten u.a. Nadezhda Karyazina (Marfa), Thomas Atkins (Fürst Andrej Chowanskij) ...
... den Slowakischen Philharmonischen Chor, den Bachchor Salzburg und den Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, ...
Am Palmsonntag zeigte das Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra seine Vielfältigkeit und begeisterte mit Mahlers 2. Symphonie ...
Auch das erste Orchesterkonzert dirigierte Esa-Pekka Salonen. Am Programm stand Jean Sibelius und eine von Salonens Kompositionen - das Cello Concerto aus 2017 mit Senja Rummukainen als Solistin.
Sopranistin Sondra Radvanovsky (hier mit Tenor SeokJong Baek und Bariton Boris Pinkhasovich) stand im Zentrum einer Operngala mit Musik von Verdi bis Tschaikowski ...
... während karfreitags Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdys großes Oratorium »Elias« unter der Leitung von Maxim Emelyanychev erklang.
Es spielte das Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Mit dabei Michael Nagy in der Titelpartie und der Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Nach dem Konzert verlieh Intendant Nikolaus Bachler den von der Familie Karajan gestifteten Herbert-von-Karajan-Preis 2025 an den Dirigenten und die Mezzosopranistin Nadezhda Karyazina (Marfa in »Chowanschtschina«).
Das Konzertprogramm war 2025 so vielfältig wie nie - das Orchesterkonzert III schloss den Reigen mit Musik von Grieg, Tschaikowski und Schostakowitsch unter der Leitung von Gianandrea Noseda. Solist war Augustin Hadelich.
Wir bedanken uns ganz herzlich bei allen beteiligten Künstlerinnen und Künstlern, Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern vor und hinter der Bühne ...
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WOLFGANG ABLINGER-SPERRHACKE (Ein Schreiber), Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor, Bachchor Salzburg © Inés Bacher
THEO LEBOW (Kuska), VITALIJ KOWALJOW (Fürst Iwan Chowanskij), Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor, Bachchor Salzburg © Inés Bacher
DANIEL OKULITCH (Schaklowityi), VITALIJ KOWALJOW (Fürst Iwan Chowanskij), KARL FAGERLUND BREKKE (Performer) © Inés Bacher
NATALIA TANASII (Emma), NADEZHDA KARYAZINA (Marfa), THOMAS ATKINS (Fürst Andrej Chowanskij) © Inés Bacher
THOMAS ATKINS (Fürst Andrej Chowanskij), Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor, Bachchor Salzburg © Inés Bacher
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Simon McBurney im Gespräch mit Thomas Atkins (Fürst Andrej Chowanskij), Nadezdha Karyazina (Marfa) und Natalia Tanasii (Emma)
© Erika Mayer
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2024
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The 2024 Salzburg Easter Festival started one day earlier for the first time, on Friday, 22 March ...
... at the Felsenreitschule. With "St John Passion", the choreographer dedicated herself to a sacred work for the first time ...
... the company Sasha Waltz & Guests danced. The choir of the Opéra de Dijon and the Chœur de Chambre de Namur also took part ...
Anna Netrebko made her role debut in the new production of »La Gioconda« alongside Jonas Kaufmann ...
Tareq Nazmi sang Alvise, his wife Laura was embodied by Eve-Maud Hubeaux. The mezzo-soprano is one of the laureates of the Herbert von Karajan Awards 2024.
The scheming informer Barnaba was played by Luca Salsi, the blind mother was sung by Agnieszka Rehlis.
In the first Orchestral Concert, Antonio Pappano presented masterpieces by Italian composers such as Respighi, Ponchielli and Berio ...
... Martinu and Berlioz were performed in the Orchestral Concert II under the direction of guest conductor Jakub Hrůša with soloist Pinchas Zukerman.
The choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Bachchor Salzburg characterised the Choral Concert with Giuseppe Verdi's Messa di Requiem ...
... the soloists under Antonio Pappano's direction were Cecilia Masabane Rangwanasha, Judith Kutasi, Luciano Ganci and Michele Pertusi.
The young South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha was honoured after the Choir Concert as one of the laureates of the Herbert von Karajan Award.
The internationally sought-after DJ and visual artist Max Cooper drew inspiration for »Seme« from Verdi and Palestrina, among others ...
Am 1. April gingen die Osterfestspiele Salzburg mit der letzten Vorstellung von »La Gioconda« zu Ende - hier ein Blick backstage nach dem letzten Vorhang.
The Salzburg Easter Festival would like to thank all participating artists for an extraordinary festival, ...
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»La Gioconda«: Hannah Rudd (Gioconda als Jugendliche), Róisín Whelan (Mutter von Gioconda)
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»La Gioconda«: Nicolò Donini (Zuane), Agnieszka Rehlis (La Cieca), Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bachchor Salzburg
© Bernd Uhlig
»La Gioconda«: Agnieszka Rehlis (La Cieca), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Laura), Tareq Nazmi (Alvise)
© Bernd Uhlig
»La Gioconda«: Liudmila Konovalova (Gioconda als Erwachsene), Tänzer von SEAD, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bachchor Salzburg
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»La Gioconda«: Liudmila Konovalova (Gioconda als Erwachsene), Anna Netrebko (La Gioconda), Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bachchor Salzburg
© Bernd Uhlig
»La Gioconda«: Jonas Kaufmann (Enzo Grimaldo), Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bachchor Salzburg
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»La Gioconda«: Anna Netrebko (La Gioconda), Tareq Nazmi (Alvise), Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bachchor Salzburg
© Bernd Uhlig
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2023
2022
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Martin Gantner (Telramund), Eric Cutler (Lohengrin), Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Bachchor Salzburg, Chor des Salzburger Landestheaters, © Ruth Walz
Elena Pankratova (Ortrud), Jacquelyn Wagner (Elsa), Statisterie der Osterfestspiele Salzburg, © Ruth Walz
Jacquelyn Wagner (Elsa), Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Bachchor Salzburg, Chor des Salzburger Landestheaters
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