Salzkammergut Mozart Festival
The Salzkammergut Mozart Festival was a cultural festival that took place in Hallstatt and Bad Goisern in July and August from 2006 to 2012 . The successor to the Salzkammergut Mozart Festival is the HallstattClassics festival . Around a Mozart opera, which traditionally formed the highlight, a handful of other events of different origins were performed. The range spanned from classical music to the performing arts.
Artistic director and artistic director
The former mayor of Hallstatt, Peter Scheutz, was the artistic director of the Salzkammergut Mozart Festival. The artistic direction was in the hands of the Hallstatt composer and conductor Peter Wesenauer , who also headed the Sinfonietta da Camera Salzburg festival orchestra . The musical director for Bad Goisern was the piano virtuoso and director of the Bad Goisern State Music School Dr. Peter Brugger.
Beginnings
The original idea behind the Mozart Festival was to artistically honor the genius with family roots in the Inner Salzkammergut once in the Mozart year 2006. However, this developed into an event that recurs every July and August.
Venues and venues
The Salzkammergut Mozart Festival took place in Hallstatt and Bad Goisern. The main venue was the culture and congress center in Hallstatt. A Mozart opera was performed here every year. In addition, the program was presented at different venues, which are individually selected depending on the event.
Mozart's roots in the Inner Salzkammergut
In 1610 Mozart's great-great-grandfather Hans Wolfgang Zaller was born in the Salzkammergut. When his wife Regina (née Pöckhl, née St. Wolfgang May 19, 1613, d. Hallstatt April 16, 1681) gave birth to their daughter Anna Sophia (Altmann), who later became Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's great-grandmother, in 1651 , Hans was born Wolfgang Zaller market clerk in Hallstatt. After that the relationship to the Inner Salzkammergut is lost. In 1821 Mozart's son Franz Xaver Wolfgang traveled to the Salzkammergut.
Opera performances
- 2006: WA Mozart: The debt of the first commandment
- 2007: WA Mozart: Così fan tutte
- 2008: WA Mozart: Così fan tutte, production resumed in 2007
- 2009: WA Mozart: The Magic Flute , concert version
- 2010: WA Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
- 2011: WA Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, production resumed in 2010