Opera & Music Theatre

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The Department of Opera & Musical Theatre is a beacon with special charisma and appeal. Every year, two opera classes consisting of up to 15 highly talented students are prepared by renowned theatre makers for the high demands of an international opera career. Four staged opera productions with orchestra are performed annually in a theatre equipped to the highest technical standards.

Mirabellplatz 1
5020 Salzburg

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Current productions

2.7.—3.7.2024

Lehár Theater
Festival ARCO

Short Operetta Festival

Opera
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26.8.—2.9.2024

Teatro dei Rinnovati

Baroque Summer Academy Siena

Since 2021, the Baroque Summer Academy of the Early Music Department of the Mozarteum University has been taking place in the city of Siena in Italy as part of the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana. For one week, the department's team of lecturers offers intensive masterclasses.

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Courses

Music

Opera & Music Theatre

Master Postgraduate certificate

News & Previous productions

13.6.2024

On spaces and interstices in Mozart's „Le nozze di Figaro“

Mozart's „Le nozze di Figaro“ will celebrate its premiere on 18 June in the Max Schlereth Saal at Mozarteum University. The director of the production, Alexander von Pfeil, and set designer Thorben Schumüller talk about the creation process, inspirations and the opera's major themes: hierarchies, power relations, gender roles...

Interview
11.6.2024

On the hunt for unheard soundscapes

After their first concert at the end of May, musical director Kai Röhrig and flautist Leona Rajakowitsch, founding members of the newly formed ensemble for contemporary music at the Mozarteum University, and composer Anna Skladannaya reflect on the potential and significance of new music - with a view to more to come.

News
20.5.2024

Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff

Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly.

Opera production
8.5.2024

Falstaff - A perfect comedy

On 15 May, Giuseppe Verdi's last opera Falstaff celebrates its premiere under the musical direction of Kai Röhrig and directed by Florentine Klepper. The two artists provide exciting insights into the production and its creation in a double interview.

Interview