Opera & Music Theatre

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The Department of Opera & Musical Theatre is a beacon with special charisma and appeal. Every year, two opera classes consisting of up to 15 highly talented students are prepared by renowned theatre makers for the high demands of an international opera career. Four staged opera productions with orchestra are performed annually in a theatre equipped to the highest technical standards.

Mirabellplatz 1
5020 Salzburg

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Current productions

21.4.2024

10:30 am

Max Schlereth Saal

Interpretation workshop with Alessandro Corbelli (internal)

Interpretation workshop on Giuseppe Verdi's last opera Falstaff with the baritone Alessandro Corbelli. He was trained by Giuseppe Valdengo and Claude Thiolas and made his operatic debut in 1973.

Workshop
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15.5.—18.5.2024

Max Schlereth Saal

Falstaff

Students from the Mozarteum University perform Verdi's late comedy - his legacy about the vices and weaknesses of mankind, at the end of which the old composer takes a step back, doffs his black hat and watches the floundering characters struggle for the last remnants of their dignity.

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7.6.—9.6.2024

Ariadne on Naxos

Is it possible to perform the comic intermezzo "Zerbinetta and her lovers" and the tragic opera "Ariadne" at the same time? The richest man in Vienna wants it that way and so it has to be.

Opera
18.6.—21.6.2024

Max Schlereth Saal
Mozart:Forum

W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

With Le nozze di Figaro, Gernot Sahler and Alexander von Pfeil's opera class is continuing its Da Ponte cycle, which began with Così fan tutte in May 2023.

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2.7.—3.7.2024

Lehár Theater
Festival ARCO

Short Operetta Festival

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News & Previous productions

15.4.2024

On the sensual telling of stories

Florentine Klepper has been Professor of Music Drama (scenic) at the Department of Opera & Music Theatre since the summer semester 2024. In the interview, she provides insights into her working methods, previous and ongoing projects and shares her thoughts on the various facets of music theatre.

Interview
18.3.2024

"I was inspired to become a better performer"

The singers Donata Meyer-Kranixfeld and Génesis Beatriz López Da Silva provide insights into their everyday studies at the Department of Opera & Music Theatre at the University Mozarteum. A conversation about the highs and lows on the path to becoming an opera singer.

Interview
17.3.2024

Evil Operetta

As part of the Salzkammergut Capital of Culture 2024, the Lehár Theatre in Bad Ischl, in cooperation with the Mozarteum University and the Lehár Festival, will be the venue for a short operetta festival that aims to revive the operetta condemned by the National Socialists. The aim: short, topical, critical.

News
31.1.2024

Elegy for young lovers

"What qualities must a person possess in order to dominate both dramaturgically and vocally in an opera?" and "What must a man of mature age look like who is in close relationships with a crazy old lady, a young girl and a doctor at the same time?"

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