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Every year, the Department of Opera and Music Theatre prepares two opera classes with up to 15 highly talented students from renowned theatre makers for the high demands of an international opera career. Four staged productions with orchestra are performed for a wide audience each year.

Mirabellplatz 1
5020 Salzburg

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Current productions

26.1.2026

07:00 pm

Max Schlereth Saal

The Rape of Lucretia

„Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.

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27.1.2026

07:00 pm

Max Schlereth Saal

The Rape of Lucretia

„Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.

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29.1.2026

07:00 pm

Max Schlereth Saal

The Rape of Lucretia

„Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.

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31.1.2026

05:00 pm

Max Schlereth Saal

The Rape of Lucretia

„Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.

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15.2.—17.2.2026

Fledermaus @ Bergson

The opera class of the Mozarteum University Salzburg was invited to present what is probably the most famous of all operettas at the new, currently much-acclaimed Kunstkraftwerk Bergson in Munich. During the carnival season, three performances are on the programme at the impressive new event centre in the west of Munich. Under the musical direction of Kai Röhrig and directed by Volker Wahl, students will stage Johann Strauss's ‘Die Fledermaus’.

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11.12.2025

Opera as a mirror of society

26th January 2026 sees the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia in the Max Schlereth Saal at the Mozarteum University. We spoke to the production team, Lena Matterne and Theresa Staindl, to learn more about their views on female identity, self-determination and social conscience.

Interview
24.11.2025

Opera preview: Works by Viktor Ullmann and Simon Laks

Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig discuss their upcoming production of the two one-act operas Der Kaiser von Atlantis and L'Hirondelle inattendue, which will premiere on 6 December in the Max Schlereth Saal.

Interview
10.6.2025

When eras collide

Armela Madreiter, graduate of the Mozarteum University and dramaturge for the current music theatre production by Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig's opera class, Medusa / Giuditta, talks about fruitful collaboration, exciting female characters and crossing boundaries.

Interview
31.5.2025

The magic of the creation process

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’.

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