Salzburg Easter Festival

The Salzburg Easter Festival was founded in 1967 by Herbert von Karajan. They include an annual opera production and several concerts. The ten-day festival is considered elitärstes festival in the world and is organizationally and financially independent from the Salzburg Festival, organized each day of Pentecost and in the summer.

  • 2.1 Herbert von Karajan
  • 2.2 Sir Georg Solti
  • 2.3 Claudio Abbado
  • 2.4 Sir Simon Rattle
  • 2.5 Christian Thielemann

Orchestra

Berlin Philharmonic (1967 to 2012)

From 1967, the Berlin Philharmonic made ​​under the musical direction of their respective chief conductor the artistic center of the festival. The main venue is the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg, supplemented by events in the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation as well as in the republic. The musical director of the opera and most orchestral concerts held the respective principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, where also a premier guest conductor was invited for one concert.

From 1994, supplemented the chamber music series founded by Claudio Abbado " counterpoints " the program were to experience in the Berlin Philharmonic members with renowned soloists and chamber musicians. The Salzburg Easter Festival was the only place where the Berlin Philharmonic to hear as an opera orchestra were ( apart from any co-productions).

What is striking is the high level of financial self- cover ratio of the festival: 92 per cent of the budget is introduced through contributions paid by the sponsors of the festival, ticket sales and sponsorship. Only eight percent come as a subsidy from the public purse. This high self- coverage is to be maintained only by a conveyor and subscription system with very high ticket prices, which brought the accusation of elitism the festival. Herbert von Karajan has developed a system whereby it take to get fixed capacities, you must first become a sponsor of the Easter Festival ( contribution: from 300, - EUR, Youth: 50, - EUR ) is and therefore entitled to a subscription from an opera performance and three concerts to buy. In the short term are not sold as individual subscriptions remaining tickets available ( without membership of the development association ). At very reasonable prices and in the sale, however, you can visit the chamber concerts (5, - to 50, - EUR ).

At the turn of 2009/2010 the Salzburg Easter Festival were faced with a financial scandal. Against several suspects determines the Salzburg prosecutor for fraud and breach of trust. The charges depend, inter alia, against the former CEO Michael Dewitte and the former technical director of the Salzburg Festival ( Summer Festival ), Klaus Kretschmer, who performed services for the Easter Festival. Both were dismissed in the wake of reported malversation.

As a result of the scandal, the Easter Festival was re-organized structures and staff in the spring of 2010. A new " Easter Festival in Salzburg GmbH " was founded, with the following partners: Foundation Herbert von Karajan Salzburg Easter Festival ( 25%), City of Salzburg ( 20%), State of Salzburg (20%), Salzburger Land Tourismus GmbH ( 20%), Association of sponsor of the Easter Festival in Salzburg (15 %). With the guidance of the Festival of British music manager Peter Alward was entrusted, which acts as a managing director. Commercial Managing Director Bernd Gaubinger was ordered.

Staatskapelle Dresden ( 2013-2017 )

A few weeks after the festival season of 2011, the Berlin Philharmonic gave surprisingly their withdrawal from the Salzburg Easter Festival after the 2012 season known. Again, a few weeks later was Christian Thielemann as the new Artistic Director from the 2013 season and the Staatskapelle Dresden are presented as the new orchestra of the Salzburg Easter Festival. The opera productions have since been taken over at the Semperoper after its premiere in Salzburg. The collaboration is provisionally agreed for 2013 to 2017, with the option to extend.

Artistic director and opera productions

Herbert von Karajan

All productions were in the hands of Herbert von Karajan, except La Bohème ( Franco Zeffirelli ) and Don Giovanni (Michael Hampe ).

After Karajan's death followed a two-year interregnum:

Sir Georg Solti

Claudio Abbado

Sir Simon Rattle

  • 2003 Fidelio - directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff
  • 2004 Cosi fan tutte - directed by Ursel Herrmann and Karl- Ernst Herrmann
  • 2005 Peter Grimes - directed by Trevor Nunn
  • 2006 Pelléas et Mélisande - staged by Luc Bondy
  • 2007 Das Rheingold - directed by Stéphane Braunschweig, as well as the following ring - evenings
  • 2008 The Valkyrie
  • 2009 Siegfried
  • 2010 Twilight of the Gods
  • 2011 Salome - directed by Stefan Herheim, stage design by Heike Scheele
  • 2012 Carmen - directed by Aletta Collins

Christian Thielemann

  • 2013 Parsifal - directed by Michael Schulz
  • 2014 Arabella - directed by Florentine Klepper

Trivia

In the 1990s, the visual arts, the Prix Eliette von Karajan, composition and literature have been awarded the Prix Nonino as part of the Easter Festival artists.

International Mozarteum Foundation Siegfried (opera) Tristan und Isolde Tosca Kurt Masur Bernard Haitink Die Frau ohne Schatten Falstaff (opera) Luca Ronconi Boris Godunov (opera) Herbert Wernicke Otello Ermanno Olmi Wozzeck Peter Stein Salome (opera)
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