We have arrived at the Grosses Festspielhaus and immediately feel right at home.
The performances are already sold out, but perhaps this optimist will get lucky ... | Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Double bass player Gunars Upatnieks and Kirill Petrenko in front of the Grosses Festspielhaus | Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Characteristically Salzburg: The horse pond with the “Rossebändiger” (horse tamer) - it served as a drinking trough and bath for the horses of the Salzburg court stables. These stables were reconstructed in 1959/60 to create today‘s Grosses Festspielhaus. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Thomas Leyendecker, trombone | Picture: Monika Rittershaus
This mysterious tuba player is Elias Samuel Rodehorst, a member of our Karajan Akademie. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Principal Oboe Albrecht Mayer and Principal Clarinet Wenzel Fuchs shortly before the concert | Picture: Monika Rittershaus
At the Salzburg Festival, you sometimes get to play in a very special setting - this one is part of the backdrop for this year’s new production of Everyman. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus