Salzburger Festspiele 2024 (Eastern, Whitsun, Summer) #OPERA

Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Benjamin Bernheim, Asmik Grigorian & Cecilia Bartoli lead Salzburg Festival’s 2024 Season. Here is a look at the opera performances of this season. What is your highlight of the festival? ___ Sir. Antonio Pappano will conduct the rarely performed Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda“ for the first time at the Easter Festival. The new production by British director Oliver Mears will star Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, and Luca Salsi. In a statement Netrebko said, “I am delighted to return to Salzburg for this very special project, and to have the opportunity to learn this wonderful score. I am looking forward to making my debut in this rarely performed work. I trust in Maestro Pappano as I always have in the past, that’s why I know it will be wonderful!” The cast will also feature Agnieszka Rehlis (La Cieca), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Laura), and Tareq Nazmi (Alvise Badoero). ___ Strauss’ “Caprricio” is set to be performed in concert form with Elsa Dreisig and Bo Skovhus as Countess and Count. The cast also includes Sebastian Kohlhepp (Flamand), Konstantin Krimmel (Olivier), Mika Kares (La Roche), Ève-Maud Hubeaux (Clairon), Regula Mühlemann (An Italian Singer) and Josh Levell (An Italian Tenor). Christian Thielemann conducts the Vienna Philharmonic. Performance Dates: July 26-August 4, 2024 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” returns to the festival in Romeo Castellucci’s production. Davide Luciano sings the title role with Nadezhda Pavlova, Federica Lombardi, Kyle Ketelsen, Dmitry Ulyanov, Julian Prégardien, Ruben Drole, and Anna El-Khashem. Teodor Currentzis conducts the Utopia Orchestra and the Utopia Choir. Performance Dates: July 28-August 19, 2024 Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” will return to the stage with Cecilia Bartoli, Daniel Behle, Alexandra Marcellier, Mélissa Petit, and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. Robert Carsen directs while Gianluca Capuano conducts Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco and Il Canto di Orfeo. Performance Dates: August 1-13, 2024 Mieczysław Weinberg’s “The Idiot” will be directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski. Ausrine Stundyte sings the lead role alongside Bogdan Volkov, Iurii Samoilov, and Vladislav Sulimsky. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the new production in Salzburg, leading the Vienna Philharmonic. Performance Dates: August 2-23, 2024 Prokofiev’s “The Gambler” will be performed for the first time at the Salzburg Festival. The work will be directed by Peter Sellars and will star Peixin Chen, Asmik Grigorina, Sean Panikkar, Juan Francisco Gatell, and Violeta Urmana. Timur Zangiev makes his debut at the Salzburg Festival and at the helm of the Vienna Philharmonic. Performance Dates: August 12-28, 2024 French director Mariame Clément makes her Salzburg Festival debut by leading Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” The cast includes Benjamin Bernheim in the title role, Kathryn Lewek as four heroines, Christian Van Horn as the villains, and Kate Lindsey as La Muse. Marc Minkowski leads the Vienna Philharmonic. Performance Dates: August 13-30, 2024 Lissette Oropesa and Stéphane Degout sing the lead roles in Thomas’ “Hamlet” with a cast that includes Ève-Maud Hubeaux, Jean Teitgen, Julien Henric, and Clive Bayley. Performance Dates: August 16 & 19, 2024 (Text from OperaWire) Best greetings Alexander Julius Leventov