Salzburg enthusiastic: 99% occupancy at Pentecost festival 2025!

Salzburg enthusiastic: 99% occupancy at Pentecost festival 2025!

Salzburg, Österreich - The Salzburg Pentecost Festival, which end today, record an impressive capacity utilization of 99 percent. Around 11,720 guests from a total of 49 nations visited the four -day festival. The most frequently represented countries are Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Hungary, such as vienna.at reported.

This year's festival devoted itself to the thematic sheet of the city of Venice and offered a variety of performances that contained music from five centuries. The central work was the opera pasticcio "Hotel Metamorphosis", which is based on the metamorphoses of Ovid and combined with music by Antonio Vivaldi. Another highlight was the ballet "Death in Venice" by John Neumeier. The artistic direction was in the hands of the renowned singer Cecilia Bartoli.

ovids metamorphoses and their modern interpretation

The Pasticcio "Hotel Metamorphosis" thematizes the fascinating stories from Ovid's metamorphoses that have shaped culture for over 2000 years. These stories deal with topics of transformation and blurred boundaries between people, nature, gods and animals. Among the stories are the stories of a young woman who is transformed into a tree, and a young man who ignores a nymph who only exists as a voice. The transformation of a goddess into a spider and the lively statue of an ideal woman also find its place in this production, such as SalzburgerfestSpiele.at explained.

The artistic design of "Hotel Metamorphosis" is accompanied by Vivaldi's colorful music, while Orpheus leads through the different worlds as a narrator. The ensemble consists of talented artists, including Varduhi Abrahamyan, Lea Desandre and Philippe Jaroussky, and actress Angela Winkler. Conductor Gianluca Capuano leads the performance with Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco. Director Barrie Kosky celebrates his return to the festival with this production after working successfully in the past.

The combination of classical music, fascinating stories and impressive dance art makes the Salzburg Pentecost festival an unmistakable experience that offers both profound and entertaining elements. The high interest and the high number of visitors underline the cultural importance of the festival and the attraction of Venice as subject.

For more information about the festival and the performances, visit the official page: SalzburgerfestSpiele.at