FILE - In this July 29, 2013, photo, a dress rehearsal for the opera "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg," by Richard Wagner, takes place at the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg, Austria. The Salzburg ...

Maxime Pascal, a latecomer to classical music, forged an unusual path to the podium that has paid off for him and for audiences. By Joshua Barone No other festival matches the sheer profusion of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — People fill the ...

For many—Americans in particular—Salzburg’s attraction is its connection to The Sound of Music. But five years before the Von Trapp family moved there, another cultural event brought attention to this ...

The Salzburg Festival has commissioned new operas from composers Gyorgy Kurtag, Marc-Andre Dalbavie, Thomas Ades and Jorg Widmann that will premiere one per summer from 2013-16. The ambitious program ...

Plácido Domingo is scheduled to sing two concert performances in Verdi’s “I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers)” next summer as part of the 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival, which features 221 ...

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — People fill the cobblestone streets of the city where Mozart was born, rushing to 213 performances over six weeks. While many classical music institutions struggle to regain ...

The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music’s few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%.