FILE - In this July 29, 2013, photo, a dress rehearsal for the opera "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg," by Richard Wagner, takes place at the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg, Austria. The Salzburg ...

Maxime Pascal, a latecomer to classical music, forged an unusual path to the podium that has paid off for him and for audiences. By Joshua Barone No other festival matches the sheer profusion of ...

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — People fill the cobblestone streets of the city where Mozart was born, rushing to 213 performances over six weeks. While many classical music institutions struggle to regain ...

That, in a nutshell, is the message that the audience takes away from the one-act morality play “Jedermann” (“Everyman”), performed annually at the Salzburg Festival. Written by Austrian playwright ...

For many—Americans in particular—Salzburg’s attraction is its connection to The Sound of Music. But five years before the Von Trapp family moved there, another cultural event brought attention to this ...

Markus Hinterhäuser has been given a third five-year term as artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, extending his tenure in one of Europe's most influential cultural roles to the longest since ...

The Salzburg Festival has commissioned new operas from composers Gyorgy Kurtag, Marc-Andre Dalbavie, Thomas Ades and Jorg Widmann that will premiere one per summer from 2013-16. The ambitious program ...

The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music’s few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — People fill the ...