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Salzburg Festival — Festspiele
The world's pre-eminent classical music and opera festival, held in Mozart's birthplace. Six weeks of opera, theatre and concerts across the magnificent venues of Salzburg.
The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) is the most prestigious classical music festival in the world, held annually from 17 July – 30 August 2026 in the baroque splendour of Mozart's birthplace. Founded in 1920 by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Richard Strauss and Max Reinhardt, the festival presents opera, theatre and concerts of the highest possible standard across extraordinary venues — the Grosses Festspielhaus, the Felsenreitschule, and the Haus für Mozart.
The festival's opera programme is its crown jewel: productions from the world's finest directors, conducted by the leading maestros, with the most celebrated voices in opera. The Vienna Philharmonic provides the orchestral backbone. Tickets are among the most sought-after in the cultural world.
Salzburg itself — a UNESCO World Heritage city of baroque palaces, the Hohensalzburg fortress, and Alpine landscapes — provides an incomparable setting. The surrounding Salzkammergut lake district and the Bavarian Alps offer extraordinary day trips.
Why It's Worth the Journey
The Salzburg Festival is the pinnacle of classical music culture — an event where the quality of performance, the beauty of the setting, and the social programme converge into something truly extraordinary. For opera lovers, it is the experience against which all others are measured.
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Opera and classical music lovers, cultural enthusiasts, couples, discerning travellers
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