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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Karajan and Montserrat Caballé met only on a few occasions but the maestro impressed her deeply. When asked about him in 2008 (Karajan’s centenary) the singer...
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During every decade of his career, Karajan had Puccini operas in his repertoire and some of his recordings are looked on as the best of all...
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Karajan told Richard Osborne about the repertoire at his first engagement in Ulm: “I was always grateful to Verdi...”
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