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here or are just passing through.S Student project Trageübung 20.10.2024 Trageübung  You choose the materialAlready in the first weeks, we had quite a lot of material, and step by step we tried to develop togetherLilli Tchourlina took over a session to try out the material for her master’s project, which premieredThroughout the semester break in February, all of us collected topics, ideas and material on a shared

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Opera Out of Opera II with La Bohème: A project to develop and test a young opera format

Theoretically acquire the material. Think about what we are telling.Therefore, it is important not only to look at the content spatially and creatively, but to deal with the material

This year's Bella Musica tour promises an extraordinary highlight: for the first time, the original violin by W. A. Mozart will be presented in the city of Lucca on 28 August 2024 as part of the Bella Musica tour. This unique opportunity is made possible by a new collaboration with the Mozarteum Foundation.

perfection, status and what often goes on behind the scenes in families at the same time forms a delightful material

From gathering atmospheric images to analyzing characters. From conception to craft: a conversation with set designer Yea Eun Hong about the process of designing the stage for Benjamin Britten's comic opera "Albert Herring".

The new Institute for Open Arts at the Mozarteum University, currently under construction, offers an inter-, trans- and nondisciplinary workspace. A conversation with Claudia Lehmann, who has headed the institute since March 1st.

Another piece of normality returned and the Mozarteum University hosted another alumni and emeriti gathering on June 30. We met amidst the exhibition "Achtung International - Salzburg and 100 Years of the International Society for New Music" in the foyer of the Mozarteum University for a drink. Matthew Werley gave a guided tour of the exhibition afterwards and the evening ended with a visit to Claudio Monteverdi's opera "L'incoronazione di Poppea".

Two one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, based on libretti by Giovacchino Forzano – one tragic, the other comic – hold up a mirror to society through the lens of art. Together, they offer a multifaceted exploration of the interplay between social structures and individual choices. In their production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, both premiered in New York in 1918, Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig’s opera class invited the audience to engage in a thought experiment: How does a society react when its values, norms, and boundaries are put to the test?

Julia Maria Eckes, Anastasia Fedorenko and Anna-Maria Husca are about to complete their Master's degree in Opera & Music Theatre at the Mozarteum University. In this interview, they give us an insight into their everyday life as students and let us in on the rehearsal process for the opera ‘Medusa / Giuditta’.

Once a year, students of visual education are invited to perform in the Great Hall of the Salzburg Künstlerhaus. This close relationship between an art association and students in the experimental phase is unique in Austria - and a challenge for the students.

Since the digital revolution at the latest, we have been confronted with a new dimension of reality that fundamentally changes communication, consumer behavior, socialization processes, image culture and world view. A conversation with Elisabeth Schmirl about the current relevance of visual education.

Radio, Relationality, and Artistic Research: In October 2025, Karen Werner started her professorship at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. Working with radio as a deeply relational medium she explores presence, communication, and co-creation and reflects on radio as an aesthetic and political space.

In autumn 2024, bass-baritone Lisandro Abadie, actress Hanna Binder, conductor Christiane Büttig, visual artist Annette Fauvel, guitarists Giuseppe Feola and Bozhana Pavlova, cultural and media scientist Paul Feigelfeld, composer Laure M. Hiendl, pianist Lei Meng, soprano Allison Oakes and violist German Tcakulov will take up their positions as university professors at the Mozarteum University. We are looking forward to the collaboration!