The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama. It is held each summer (for 5 weeks starting in late July) with in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In modern time there is also an annual Salzburg Easter Festival held by the same organization. Music is a form of art that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Salzburg is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 150,000 in 2006). ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music. ... The Salzburg Easter Festival (the Salzburger Osterfestspiele) is an annual festival of opera and classical music held in Salzburg, Austria during Easter week. ...

The summer festival was first founded in 1877 but was discontinued in 1910. 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

At the close of World War I in 1918, its revival was championed by 5 men now regarded as the Founders: the poet and dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the composer Richard Strauss, the director of the Salzburg City Theater Max Reinhardt, the scenic designer Alfred Roller and the conductor Franz Schalk. The Festival was officially reborn on 22 August 1920 with the performance of Hofmannsthal's play Jedermann on the steps of Cathedral Square. The practice has become a tradition, and Jedermann is now always performed at the Cathedral Square. Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul... Hugo von Hofmannsthal Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 – July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. ... Richard Strauss Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ... There are two Max Reinhardts: Max Reinhardt (theatre director) Max Reinhardt (publisher) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Franz Schalk (born 27 May 1863 in Vienna, died 3 September 1931 in Edlach, Austria) was an Austrian conductor. ...

In 1926 the old Archbishop's stable Felsenreitschule was converted into a theater and the Festival Hall (Salzburger Festspielhaus) opera house openned its doors. As this summer festival gained fame and statue as the premiere venue for opera, drama play, and classical concert presentation, its musical repertory concentrates on Mozart and Strauss, but other works, such as Verdi's Falstaff and Beethoven's Fidelio were also performed. The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... Falstaff is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeares play The Merry Wives of Windsor. ... Beethoven redirects here. ... Fidelio (Op. ...

1934 to 1937 represents a golden period when the Festival featured the famed conductors Toscanini and Bruno Walter conducted many performances. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. ... Bruno Walter (September 15, 1876 - February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. ...

In 1936, it featured a performance by the Trapp Family Singers, whose story was later dramatized as the musical and film The Sound of Music. The shot of the Von Trapps singing in the competition features Felsenreitschule theater. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Maria von Trapp Maria Augusta von Trapp (born Maria Augusta Kutschera in Austria on January 25, 1905; died March 28, 1987) was the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. ... The Sound of Music is a Broadway musical based on the book The Story of the Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. ...

The Festival's popularity suffered a major blow once the Nazi took over Austria in 1938, though it remained in operation until closing temporarily in 1943. With the end of World War II, the Salzburg Festival reopened in 1945 immediately following the Allied victory in Europe. The post WW II Festival slowly regained its prominence as the premiere summer opera festival especially in works by Mozart. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

In 2006 the Festival celebrated the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth by staging all 22 of his operatic works (2 unfinished) to great acclaims. All 22 were filmed and will be released to the general public in November 2006.

External links

• Official web site
• aeiou encyclopaedia article
• General Information on the Salzburg Festival

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