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Opera - Ariadne auf Naxos

The Salzburg Festival is among the world's most significant festivals for classical music and performing arts. In 2026, the program of the Salzburg Festival includes 171 performances over 45 days at 19 venues, as well as 37 performances in the youth program "young & everyone".


Ariadne on Naxos
Opera in one act along with a prologue op. 60 by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, new production

Cast Kate Lindsey, Elīna Garanča, Eric Cutler, Ziyi Dai, Johannes Silberschneider, Christoph Pohl, Jonas Hacker, Leon Košavić, Michael Porter, Lukas Enoch Lemcke, Theodore Browne, Jasmin Delfs, Anja Mittermüller, Marlene Metzger
Vienna Philharmonic

In German with German and English surtitles.


Further dates

  • Sunday, 02. Aug 2026 from 20:00
  • Friday, 07. Aug 2026 from 18:30
  • Monday, 10. Aug 2026 from 19:30
  • Friday, 14. Aug 2026 from 18:30
  • Monday, 24. Aug 2026 from 19:30
  • Friday, 28. Aug 2026 from 19:00

Contact

Salzburger Festspiele
Hofstallgasse 1
5020 Salzburg
Tel. +436628045500

Booking

Kartenbüro - Salzburger Festspiele
Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse 3
5020 Salzburg
Tel. +43662 8045-500

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