For more than fifty years, Herbert von Karajan’s career was closely intertwined with the Salzburg Festival. While you are reading the full story, explore some of the recordings that accompanied this remarkable journey. The Birth of the Salzburg Festival Founded in 1920 in the aftermath of the First World War,…
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First Encounters with La Scala When La Scala reopened in May 1946 after the destruction of the Second World War, Arturo Toscanini conducted a concert that quickly became a symbol of cultural reconstruction in Europe. In the years that followed, the Milan opera house entered a new international phase —…
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The Salzburg Easter Festival was founded in 1967 by Herbert von Karajan and takes place annually over a period of around ten days between the Saturday before Palm Sunday and Easter Monday. From the beginning, it combined staged opera productions with orchestral and choral concerts within a single, concentrated timeframe.…
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Here you can download the full curriculum vitae of Herbert von Karajan!