Opera casts at the Salzburg Festival from 1922 to 1926
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The opera line-ups for the Salzburg Festival from 1922 to 1926 include all opera performances in the founding years of the Salzburg Festival . Franz Schalk , Richard Strauss and Bruno Walter were among the most important conductors of this period .
concept
The Salzburg Festival was founded in 1920 with a play, Hofmannsthal's play about the dying of the rich man, Jedermann , staged by Max Reinhardt . The opera was anchored in all festival concepts as the mainstay of the festival, but only gradually established itself in the Salzburg festival program. The first three years were shaped by three internationally renowned conductors, Richard Strauss and Franz Schalk , who jointly directed the Vienna State Opera from 1919 to 1924 , and from 1925 also by Bruno Walter . The opera program in those years did not yet have an independent profile, at that time the festival was often referred to as the “summer branch of the Vienna State Opera”, because the choir and orchestra, the sets, the singers and conductors came from Vienna. The set designer Alfred Roller played an important role in the festival performances, and he significantly shaped the visual components of the performances.
Mozart was at the beginning of the festival - and at the center. Strauss and Schalk chose the three Da Ponte operas for the opera prelude in Salzburg , which are still very important in Salzburg's repertoire, as well as the Abduction from the Seraglio . This was followed in 1925 by Donizetti with the comic opera Don Pasquale , in 1926 by the Fledermaus by Karl Haffner , Richard Genée (libretto) and Johann Strauss, and for the first time a contemporary opera, Ariadne auf Naxos by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss , co-founders of the festival. From then on, the opera was firmly established in the festival program.
The occupations were exquisite. Singers from all over Europe formed excellent Mozart ensembles. The Salzburg style means that smaller parts are also cast with high-class singers.
1922
Line-up change in the following performances:
- Don Giovanni . Conductor: Carl Alwin ; Don Giovanni: Hans Duhan , Donna Elvira: Felicie Hüni-Mihacsek , Donna Anna: Rose Pauly , Don Ottavio: Georg Maikl , Leporello: Karl Norbert , Zerline: Editha Fleischer , Masetto: Julius Betetto .
- So fan tutte . Conductor: Carl Alwin ; Dorabella: Claire Born , Despina: Charlotte Brunner , Don Alfonso:: Karl Norbert .
- Le nozze di Figaro . Countess: Claire Born , Felicie Hüni-Mihacsek , Susanne: Editha Fleischer , Figaro: Richard Mayr , Basilio: Paul Kuhn , Bartolo: Karl Norbert , Cherubino: Rosette Anday , Barbarina: Karola Jovanović .
- The Abduction from the Seraglio . Konstanze: Elisabeth Rethberg , Blondchen: Karola Jovanović , Belmonte: Georg Maikl .
In 1923 there were no operas in the festival program. In 1924 the festival was canceled due to the economic crisis.
1925
Line-up change in the following performances:
- Don Giovanni . Zerlina: Maria Ivogün .
1926
Line-up change in the following performances:
- The Abduction from the Seraglio . Blondchen: Stella Eisner , Osmin: Karl Norbert .
- The bat . Eisenstein: Richard Tauber , Adele: Paula Beck .
- Ariadne on Naxos . Conductor: Richard Strauss (on August 21); Music teacher / Harlequin: Karl Renner , Ariadne: Claire Born .
See also
source
- Josef Kaut : The Salzburg Festival 1920-1981, With a list of the works listed and the artists of the theater and music by Hans Jaklitsch . Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1982, ISBN 3-7017-0308-6 . , Pp. 244-249.
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Kaut: Die Salzburger Festspiele 1920-1981 , with a list of the listed works and the artists of the theater and music by Hans Jaklitsch, Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, ISBN 3-7017-0308-6 , p. 41.
1922–1926 founding phase •
1927–1930 Schalk / Walter / Krauss •
1931–1934 Krauss / Walter •
1935–1937 Toscanini / Walter
1938–1944 Nazi regime •
1945–1947 post-war years •
1948–1954 Furtwängler / Krips / Böhm
1990–1992 Interregnum •
1992–1995 Mortier I •
1996–2000 Mortier II
2012–2014 Pereira •
2015–2016 Bechtolf •
from 2017 rear buildings
Overview
lists : Opera chronology of the Salzburg Festival •
Opera productions of the Salzburg Festival