Around the Music Festival

The schedule for the summer festival of the 2020 Salzburg Festival has been announced. The music festival was founded in 1920 by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal in the birthplace of Mozart, and 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the music festival. According to the announcement, the music festival in 2020 will begin on July 17 and close on August 31. During the period, over 200 performances will be held in nearly 20 venues.

There are 10 operas that have attracted attention, including new productions, revivals and concert styles. “Electra”, “Don Giovanni”, “Boris Godunov”. “Electra” is directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski and conducted by Franz Welser-Möst. The director of “Don Giovanni” is Romeo Castellucci, and the conductor is Teodor Currentzis. “Boris Godunov” is directed by Christoph Roy, with Maris Jansons on the podium. Anna Netrebko will appear in “Tosca” and Plácido Domingo will appear in “The Sicilian Vespers”.

On the other hand, five conductors, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Christian Thielemann and Gustavo Dudamel, conduct the concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the “Resident Orchestra” at the festival. Beethoven, whose 2020 is the 250th birthday, Muti conducts Symphony No. 9 with the Vienna Philharmonic.

The guest orchestras include Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla & Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Ingo Metzmacher & Mahler Jugend Orchestra, Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Petrenko & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

The artist’s faces such as recitals are various as usual. Martha Argerich, Christian Gerhaher, Evgeny Kissin, Maurizio Pollini, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and more. Igor Levit performs all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in an eight-night recital at the Mozarteum Conservatory.


OPERA

Richard Strauss “Electra” = New Production
VENUE：Felsenreitschule
PRODUCTION：Krzysztof Warlikowski
CONDUCTOR：Franz Welser-Möst
CAST：Tanja Ariane Baumgartner　/　Aušrine Stundyte　/　Asmik Grigorian　/　Michael Laurenz　/　Derek Welton　/　Tilmann Rönnebeck　/　Matthäus Schmidlechner　/　Sonja Šarić　/　Bonita Hyman　/　Evgenia Asanova　/　Deniz Uzun　/　Sinéad Campbell-Wallace　/　Natalia Tanasii　/　Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus　/　Vienna Philharmonic

Mozart “Don Giovanni” = New Production
VENUE：Große Festspielhaus
PRODUCTION：Romeo Castellucci
CONDUCTOR：Teodor Currentzis
CAST：Davide Luciano　/　Mika Kares　/　Nadezhda Pavlova　/　Michael Spyres　/Federica Lombardi　/　Vito Priante　/　David Steffens　/　Anna Lucia Richter　/　musicAeterna Choir　/　musicAeterna Orchestra

Puccini “Tosca” = Revival
VENUE：Große Festspielhaus
PRODUCTION：Michael Sturminger
CONDUCTOR：Marco Armiliato
CAST：Anna Netrebko　/　Yusif Eyvazov　/　Ludovic Tézier　/　Krzysztof Bączyk　/　Matteo Peirone　/　Mikeldi Atxalandabaso　/　Rupert Grössinger　/　Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor　/　Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus　/　Vienna Philharmonic

Mozart “The Magic Flute” = Revival ※ New Staging
VENUE：Haus für Mozart
PRODUCTION：Lydia Steier
CONDUCTOR：Joana Mallwitz
CAST：Tareq Nazmi　/　Mauro Peter　/　Brenda Rae　/　Regula Mühlemann　/　Ilse Eerens　/　Sophie Rennert　/　Katarina Bradić　/　Adam Plachetka　/　Maria Nazarova　/　Peter Tantsits　/　Henning von Schulman　/　Simon Bode　/　Roland Koch　/　Wiener Sängerknaben　/　Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus　/　Vienna Philharmonic

Nono “Intolleranza 1960” = New Production
VENUE：Felsenreitschule
PRODUCTION：Jan Lauwers
CONDUCTOR：Ingo Metzmacher
CAST：Sean Panikkar　/　Sarah Maria Sun　/　Anna Maria Chiuri　/　Sung-Im Her　/　Yonier Camilo Mejia　/　Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus　/　Vienna Philharmonic

Donizetti “Don Paspuale” = Revival
VENUE：Haus für Mozart
PRODUCTION：Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier
CONDUCTOR：Gianluca Capuano
CAST：Cecilia Bartoli　/　Peter Kálmán　/　Nicola Alaimo　/　Javier Camarena　/　Philharmonia Chor Wien　/　Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco

Mussorgsky “Boris Godunov” = New Production
VENUE：Große Festspielhaus
PRODUCTION：Christof Loy
CONDUCTOR：Mariss Jansons
CAST：Ildar Abdrazakov　/　Yulia Mazurova　/　Irina Chistiakova　/　Dmitry Golovnin, Andrei Kymach　/　Dmitry Ulyanov　/　Pavel Černoch　/　Agunda Kulaeva　/　Łukasz Goliński　/　Stanislav Trofimov　/　Alexander Kravets　/　Maria Barakova　/　Bogdan Volkov　/　Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor　/　Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus　/　Vienna Philharmonic

　（ Concert Style ）

Handel “Messiah”
VENUE：Haus für Mozart
PRODUCTION：Robert Wilson
CONDUCTOR：Marc Minkowski
CAST：Elena Tsallagova　/　Lucile Richardot　/　Richard Croft　/　José Coca Loza　/　Philharmonia Chor Wien　/　Les Musiciens du Louvre

Morton Feldman “Neither”
VENUE：Kollegienkirche
CONDUCTOR：Ilan Volkov
CAST：Sarah Aristidou　/　Minguet Quartett　/　ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Verdi “The Sicilian Vespers”
VENUE：Felsenreitschule
CONDUCTOR：Daniele Rustioni
CAST：Plácido Domingo　/　Neven Crnić　/　Fabio Sartori　/　Mika Kares　/　Rachel Willis-Sørensen　/　Philharmonia Chor Wien　/　Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg

Photo：Salzburger Festspiele　/　anne-zeuner


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