When Opera Livestreams Became Live Performances

This summer, three European productions, previously available to American audiences only online, were at last accessible in person.

After a Quarter-Century, the Queen of Salzburg Calls It Quits

Since 1995, Helga Rabl-Stadler has ruled the Salzburg Festival, classical music’s premier annual event, as its president and public face.

A Soprano With a Bottomless Appetite for Risk

The daring opera star Asmik Grigorian “could sing the phone book and it would be fabulous,” one director says.

A Pianist Finds Inspiration to Write Again

Evgeny Kissin, who has made a career of performing, was surprised to find himself drawn once more to composing.

The Thorny History of the Salzburg Festival’s Logo

For its centennial, the venerable festival dug into the story of its defining image — and had to reckon with what it found.

The Salzburg Festival Opens in Search of Elusive Peace

Salzburg is back, opening with a week of Ouverture Spirituelle concerts that project the ideal of paradise on the pandemonium of reality.