Salzburger Festspiele

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Podcast Interviews:

• If you like this festival — listen to…
  
  • Anne Tismer, actress
    http://kadmusarts.com/blog/?p=395

Articles:

• A new act at Salzburg festival, by George Loomis (International Herald Tribune, September 1, 2004)
  http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/09/01/loomised3.php
• 84-Year Old Salzburg Festival Appoints New Artistic Director, by Morgan Allen (Playbill, August 31, 2004)
  http://www.playbill.com/news/article/88157.html
• Festival Futures: Salzburg and the Ruhr, by Glenn Loney (New York Theater, Wire, August 20, 2001)
  http://www.nytheatre-wire.com/lt01094t.htm

Press releases:

• The 98th Salzburg Festival Poster Exhibition (March 27 - April 27, 2001)
  http://www.dnp.co.jp/gallery/ddd/dki/d98/d98ki_e.html

Audio and Video:

• Some of the CD collections with the recordings made at Salzburg Festival from Andante
  • Alexander Zemlinsky Der König Kandaules (2-CD set) http://www.andante.com/
  • Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff - Salzburg Festival 1937 & 1957 (4-CD set) http://www.andante.com/
  • Herbert Von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic (4-CD set). It’s also available from a different company (link below) http://www.andante.com/
    http://www.cduniverse.com/
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le Nozze Di Figaro, Salzburg Festival, 1937 (3-CD set) http://www.andante.com/
  • London Symphony Orchestra Karl Böhm, Salzburg Festival (1973-1977) 4-CD set http://www.andante.com/
    
  • Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (4-CD set) http://www.andante.com/

Video Universe:

• Stravinsky Rake’s Progress: Salzburg Festival (DVD) http://www.cduniverse.com/

Books:

• Austria as Theater and Ideology: The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival. by Michael Steinberg
  http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Nov00/Steinberg.book.html
  http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/

Practical Info:

Tickets:

• Book Early
  
  • The Salzburg Festival is notorious for tickets being sold out by the end of March. Nevertheless it is always useful to check the festival website’s booking section for the availability of tickets.
• Society of Friends
  
  • Those who wish to become more involved in-depth with the festival have the option of joining the ‘Society of Friends of the Salzburg Festival’. For an annual donation of 900 euros, patrons receive priority ticket allocation, a patron’s card and access to the patron’s lounge, The Salzburg Festival Friend’s Magazine, and invitations to special rehearsals. For contact information: Friends of the Salzburg Festival, Monechsberg 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. Phone: (43) 662-8045-284. Email: office@festspielfreunde.at
• Young Friends Association
  
  • Every year, the Salzburg Festival offers specially priced tickets for young people. These can be obtained via registering interest in advance: info@salzburgfestival.at. To further interest young people in the wonders of classical music, the festival has the international Young Friends Association, providing workshops and performances. Information can be obtained via email: jungefreunde@salzburgfestival.at
• Subscription Series
  
  • There is also the option of joining one of the eight different subscription series, which offer performances, on five consecutive days, at a ten percent discount. Every year, subscription orders are given priority before general booking opens.

Tickets:

• In person or by mail
  Kartenbüro
  Herbert-von-Karajanplatz 11
  Postfach 140
  5010 Salzburg, Austria
• By phone: (43) 662-8045-500
• By fax: (43) 662-8045-555

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