the Decision was taken today at a special meeting of the Supervisory Board of the festival, which discussed the draft of the new Billboard for 30 days, and the security of venues that can accommodate up to 1000 people – both indoors and outdoors, where there will be events of the festival. The meeting was held half an hour after the Minister of health of Austria Rudolf Unsober and Deputy Secretary of state for culture Andrea Meyer presented a decree defining the parameters for conducting public events in Austria.
According to the head of the Federal state of Salzburg Wilfried haslauer of the document “provided greater clarity for everyone who conducts cultural events”.
which Is a relief and it certainly will allow us to hold a festival is the artistic and economic engine for our entire region, he said.
following the meeting of the Salzburg festival announced the decision that he will be held in August 2020. Of course, the original jubilee program, presented last fall, fails, but the organizers promise that the new Billboard will be artistically significant, and economically justified. Instead of two hundred events over 44 days, scheduled before the new regulations of the festival will show about 90 performances and concerts in 30 days.
also Announced that all the productions of the anniversary program, which can not be shown in 2020, will transfer to 2021-th.
meanwhile, the program for the 100th anniversary of the Salzburg festival will open with a large jubilee exhibition, which will visit all the guests of the festival (the exhibition will run until August 31). And on the 22nd of October in Salzburg will celebrate the centenary of the first performance at the festival of books “Edelman”.
the Remaining details of a new program, festival artistic Director Marcus Hinterhauser will submit in early June.
it Hurts, when forced to cancel the performances of most artists. Moreover, we have specially developed this year a whole artistic “constellation.” But I’m glad I had the opportunity to send bright and powerful signal to the art of our new festival program, he said.
the Salzburg festival has already set a record for selling tickets for the anniversary season: 180 000 tickets in the amount of 24.5 million euros. Meanwhile, the poster will have other dates and significantly cropped the names and titles. The festival will be faced with the problem of a return ticket. However, the organizers emphasize that when you purchase new tickets will have the advantage of those who already have tickets for the original program. All buyers in the coming days will be informed personally about the procedure of return of tickets.
