Salzburg Festival 2025: Opera highlights and big names enthusiastic!

Salzburg Festival 2025: Opera highlights and big names enthusiastic!

Salzburg, Österreich - The Salzburg Festival 2025 promise a spectacular program! Today the multifaceted line-up was presented for the coming summer, including masterpieces such as "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", "Maria Stuarda" and "Three Sisters". The focus is on the director's debuts by Dmitri Tcherniakov and Kirill Serebrennikov. In view of the high trail, the first anticipation has already been triggered, but a shadow throws the cancellation of Anna Netrebko, which will again not be on stage, like OE24 reported .

an exciting directing debut

The artistic concept for the festival, which takes place from July 18 to August 31, 2025, promises an intensive examination of human fears and hopes. Dmitri Tcherniakov will stage Handel's classic "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" from July 26th in the house for Mozart. Ulrich Rasche implemented Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" in the Great Festival House from August 1st, while Evgeny Titov Peter Eötvös' "Three Sisters" will bring on stage in the rock riding school from August 8th. Peter Sellars will also present Mahler's "the farewell" and Schönberg's "expectation". The dramaturgy of the festival is based on contemporary questions and the self -reflection of society, as is recorded in the press documents. The scenic pasticcio "Hotel Metamorphosis" by Barrie Kosky, such as "https://www.s.atat/kultur/tcherniakov-sebrennikov-regie-salzburg-169513504", reported . .

There are also exciting theater productions, such as Robert Carsen's reinterpretation of "Jedermann" with Philipp Hochmair in the title role and Irina Szucki as a custody. The collective production by Kirill Serebrennikov with Vladimir Sorokins "The Schnestur" will celebrate its premiere on August 16. A total of 174 performances at 16 venues are on the program, including 37 events in the youth program "Jung & Everyone". Preparations for an unforgettable feeling of festival are already in full swing!