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Venue: Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

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Address5020 Salzburg
Austria
Google maps47° 47' 55.032" N 13° 2' 30.253" E
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SalzburgVienna Philharmonic / Fischer & Levit

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum
Haydn, Mozart
Vienna Philharmonic; Ádám Fischer; Igor Levit

SalzburgVienna Philharmonic / Christian Thielemann & Beethoven's Ninth

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Vienna Philharmonic; Christian Thielemann; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Camilla Nylund; Patricia Nolz; Klaus Florian Vogt

SalzburgVienna Philharmonic / Jordan & Ólafsson

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum
Mozart
Vienna Philharmonic; Philippe Jordan; Víkingur Ólafsson

SalzburgHandel Messiah

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Handel: Messiah
Le Concert d'Astrée; Emmanuelle Haïm; Sabine Devieilhe; Carlo Vistoli; Eric Ferring; William Thomas

SalzburgLahav Shani and Martha Argerich

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Prokofiev, Debussy, Mussorgsky
Berliner Philharmoniker; Lahav Shani; Martha Argerich

SalzburgMissa solemnis

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Beethoven: Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123
Berliner Philharmoniker; Kirill Petrenko; Golda Schultz; Wiebke Lehmkuhl; Sebastian Kohlhepp; David Steffens
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A self-congratulatory Cecilia Bartoli show at Salzburg Whitsun

Cecilia Bartoli in Ciao, bella ciao © SF | Monika Rittershaus

This year’s Salzburg Whitsun Festival gala, Ciao, bella ciao, features Cecilia Bartoli in a highly personalised musical programme structured as an autobiographical journey, unfolding as a blend of concert and self-portrait. 

Chilly brilliance from Salonen at the Salzburg Festival

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Vienna Philharmonic © SF | Marco Borrelli
The Vienna Philharmonic's first concert at this year's Salzburg Festival pairs Oedipus Rex with the Symphonie fantastique, with Esa-Pekka Salonen stepping in for Lorenzo Viotti. 
***11
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Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival

Mattia Olivieri and Cecilia Bartoli © SF | Marco Borelli

Cecilia Bartoli leads a stellar cast in a silly, but fun divertissement where Mozart’s music shines supreme.

****1
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Salzburg's Sunday worship led by Muti and the Vienna Phil

Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic © SF | Marco Borrelli
Sunday bells call the Salzburg Festival pilgrims to the Großes Festspielhaus for late choral Verdi and Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. 
****1
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Sulimsky and Grigorian grip Salzburg as the murderous Macbeths

Asmik Grigorian (Lady Macbeth) and Vladislav Sulimsky (Macbeth) © SF | Bernd Uhlig
Krzysztof Warlikowski’s ghoulish production has the Macbeths’ killing spree spring from their infertility.
****1
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From light-hearted to heartbreaking: Il trittico at Salzburg Festival

Asmik Grigorian is captivating in an unobtrusive production of Puccini's three one-act operas. Under Franz Welser-Möst, the Vienna Philharmonic is on top form.
*****
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Berlin Philharmonic shines in glory at the Salzburg Festival

There was a knowing inevitability in the Berliners' athletic performance of Schubert's “Great” C major Symphony.
****1
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A joy to behold: Evgeny Kissin on a roll at the Salzburg Festival

An extraordinary evening in the Großes Festspielhaus as the pianist draws his audience in for a marathon recital of Berg, Gershwin and Chopin. 
*****
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