
+++ Registration for the entrance examination for pedagogical programmes and Pre-College still possible until 28th March 2025 - all further information on the course pages! +++
Numerous master classes, a contemporary BaroqueLab, concerts and an opera production: The Baroque Summer Academy of the Department of Early Music of the Mozarteum University will take place for the third time in 2023 within the framework of the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. A highlight in 2023 is the performance of the baroque opera "Dido & Aeneas" by H. Purcell with contemporary prologue and epilogue "Elissa" by Henry Fourès and Rector Elisabeth Gutjahr. "Elissa" was successfully premiered at the Mozarteum University in June 2023.
Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Polaschek was a guest at the Mozarteum University on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 and congratulated students on their various engagements at the Salzburg Festival. In a conversation lasting just under an hour, the students told how their engagements came about and why the Salzburg Festival can be an important stage for the future.
On June 29, the Department of Scenography invited to the annual tour, work show and summer party. Diverse insights into the studies, the studios and the created and ongoing projects were complemented with open studios, installations, exhibitions, films and live music.
More than 330 years after the premiere of the only complete opera by Henry Purcell, the French composer Henry Fourès composes a setting for Dido and Aeneas and calls it "Elissa". A second name for the queen that allows the character to exist on its own, without direct ties to Aeneas.
The young officers Ferrando and Guilelmo* do not want to let their fatherly friend Don Alfonso get away with it - after all, he doubts the fidelity of their fiancée! But instead of the demanded duel, they accept his proposal of a wager and thus become handmaidens in the work of destroying their love relationships.
The 3sat Prize of 10,000 euros at the 60th Berlin Theatertreffen goes to stage designer Mirjam Stängl for her stage in the production "Zwiegespräch" directed by Rieke Süßkow at the Burgtheater in Vienna.
MEAOISWIAMIA: Scenography meets Leipzig Book Fair! The Loop "Film Art", curated by Thomas Ballhausen, focused on the lyrical and atmospheric aspects of the encounter between the arts.
Urban forays with the sketchbook by 10 students of the Department of Fine Arts and Design and the Department of Scenography
The Mozarteum University mourns the loss of an extraordinary educator, artist and colleague who was known for his discipline and openness, contributed much to the institution and remained connected to the university as a curious spirit even years after his retirement.
On January 20 and 21, the Thomas Bernhard Institute, in cooperation with the Department of Scenography of the Mozarteum University, presented Philoktet by Heiner Müller, Gaia in a version by Till Ernecke and The Bacchae by Euripides, three directorial works on the theme of classical music at the Theater im KunstQuartier.
After A Midsummer Night's Dream and Owen Wingrave, the Department of Opera & Music Theater at the Mozarteum University will once again devote itself to Benjamin Britten's abysmal music-theatrical oeuvre. This winter semester, two of his masterpieces will be performed: Albert Herring in December 2022 will be followed by The Turn of the Screw in January 2023.
From gathering atmospheric images to analyzing characters. From conception to craft: a conversation with set designer Yea Eun Hong about the process of designing the stage for Benjamin Britten's comic opera "Albert Herring".
Personal ambition, egomania and sexuality as an instrument of power: Claudio Monteverdi's (1567-1643) "L'incoronazione di Poppea" is as topical as ever, even 380 years after it was written. A conversation with Gernot Sahler, the musical director of the opera production.