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The original idea of the festival was conceived in 1920 by an illustrious trio comprising stage director Max Reinhardt, novelist, and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal and composer Richard Strauss.

Like many of my generation, brought up in the safe confines of South Africa during and after the Second World War, I assumed that my whole family was as fortunate as my father and his siblings.

Verdi, Mozart, El Greco and Leonardo provide a plethora of music and art.

After 99 years, the Salzburg Festival, held in the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, continues to excel and surprise.

The requiem begins with the soft entrance of the cellos and gradually the powerful orchestral forces were unleashed during the “Dies Irae.”

A fantastic exhibit of drawings and an unforgettable operatic experience in London.

Itay Tiran, one of Israel’s preeminent stage and screen actors, directed this new production.

From the magical realm of Dvorak to the real world of Bruegel.

The innovative 2018 program featured 206 performances of music and drama over six weeks this summer.

For six weeks every summer, this small Austrian town becomes the music capital of the world.