Now playing Next musica Benjamin Bernheim stuns at the Salzburg Festival with an intimate recital On stage, the tenor Benjamin Bernheim often incarnates the role of the lover and he remained true to this at his recital at the Salzburg Festival singing songs from Brahms to Britten and praising love to the highest tones. 26/08/2021
Now playing Next musica Cecilia Bartoli's meditation on time dazzles Salzburg "Time is ungrateful because when you need time, you don't have it" - Cecilia Bartoli dedicates this year's edition of the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg to her home town of Rome and conveys a meditation on time through Händel's 'Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno'. 27/05/2021
Now playing Next musica Previously unknown Mozart piece enthuses Mozart week Famous pianist, Seong-Jin Cho, gives the world premiere of a recently discovered Mozart piano solo, 'Allegro in D - K.626b/16, during Mozart week at the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation. 28/01/2021
Now playing Next musica Gustavo Dudamel's magical 'Firebird' inspires the Salzburg Festival Gustavo Dudamel's magical 'Firebird' inspires at the Salzburg Festival - in this edition of Musica on Euronews. 03/09/2020
Now playing Next musica The show goes on: 'Così fan tutte' at the Salzburg Festival The show goes on: Così fan tutte performed at the Salzburg Festival. Austria's music and drama festival returns to celebrate its first centenary, despite the coronavirus pandemic. 13/08/2020
Now playing Next Austria 100th Salzburg festival goes ahead despite coronavirus pandemic Spectators have to wear a mask until they are seated, and there are no intermissions or catering. 02/08/2020
Now playing Next musica Der Messias: Robert Wilson stages Mozart's oratorio in Salzburg Der Messias which premiered in Mozart Week in Salzburg in a production staged by American director and visual artist Robert Wilson, known as the 'master of minimalism' 30/01/2020
Now playing Next musica Kosky’s Orphée aux enfers: “visual and vocal pyrotechnics” in Salzburg This year marks the 200th anniversary of composer Jacques Offenbach's birth. To commemorate this, director Barrie Kosky has reinvented the artist's famous operetta - Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) - being performed at the Salzburg Festival until the 30th of August. 22/08/2019
Now playing Next musica Salzburg’s ‘Heavenly Voices’ with Cecilia Bartoli and Philippe Jaroussky Voci celesti - 'Heavenely Voices' is dedicated to this year's edition to castrato voices who inspired Handel and many other Baroque composers. 'Alcina' also features on the bill of the Salzburg Summer Festival, where it will be performed between 8 - 18 August. The festival runs from 20 July - 31 Aug 13/06/2019
Now playing Next musica Rolando Villazón and La Fura dels Baus mix Mozart and science fiction Musica heads to Salzburg for Mozart Week (Mozartwoche), this year under the direction of tenor Rolando Villazón. The festival opened with the spectecular staging of Thamos, staged by the theatre company La Fura dels Baus. 07/02/2019
Now playing Next World Theresa May rattled in Salzburg Empty hands and empty hopes for a Brexit compromise is what Theresa May returned to London with after negotiations in Salzburg went sour. Her Brexit plan was unexpectedly and firmly rejected by EU leaders - putting further pressure on the deal, as the deadline gets ever closer. 21/09/2018
Now playing Next world news Salzburg stalemate: What next for Brexit? EU and UK remain at odds after Austria meeting 20/09/2018
Now playing Next Europe News Brief from Brussels: Brexit and migration to dominate Salzburg summit Amid divisions in the EU, leaders come together at an informal meeting to discuss crunch issues 18/09/2018
Now playing Next Living 5 stylish weekend breaks From the Scandi-cool labels of Stockholm to Ghent’s vintage treasure troves, here are five stylish weekend breaks. 07/09/2018
Now playing Next musica Claudio Monteverdi's Baroque masterpiece explores sexual politics Claudio Monterverdi's Baroque masterpiece L'incoronazione di Poppea explores sexual politics and naked ambition, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role and Kate Lindsey as Emperor Nero, at the Salzburg Festival. 23/08/2018
Now playing Next musica Another success for Cecilia Bartoli at the Whitsun Festival 150 years ago, the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini died. In his honour, Salzburg's Whitsun Festival presented the opera buffa 'L'Italiana in Algeri' amongst other works of his era. 31/05/2018
Now playing Next musica Juan Diego Flórez captivates in Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia" The renowned tenor takes on the part of Gennaro in Donizetti's tale of revenge. 07/09/2017
Now playing Next musica Ariodante: a Salzburg production as unsettling as it is moving Cecilia Bartoli takes on the eponymous male role in Handel's opera. 13/07/2017
Now playing Next musica The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra electrifies Salzburg with Wagner Nearing 20, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, created by Daniel Barenboim and the late Edward Said in the interests of musical harmony bringing social divides, still wanders far from its musicians' ho 26/08/2016
Now playing Next musica 'West Side Story' hits Salzburg Leonard Bernstein’s masterpiece “West Side Story” is the highlight of the Salzburg Festival in Austria. 20/08/2016
