May 2012

Mon21May 12: Music / Classical Music; Fireworks; Tonkünstler-Orchestra Niederösterreich. Soloist Daniel Hope violin. Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada; 19:30 h Main Hall / Onlineticket

Thu24May 12: Music / Literature; Bennent/Hader/Lechner: Thomas Bernhard; Cast Anne Bennent, Josef Hader reading, Otto Lechner accordion; 19:30 h Main Hall / Onlineticket

5-2010: Bennent/Hader/Lechner: Thomas Bernhard
Thu 24 May
"Three personalities with different temperaments spread over the big Festspielhaus stage and present Bernhard with music." Anne Bennent and Josef Hader give a reading of Thomas Bernhard’s first work "Frost", of "Woodcutters" (Holzfällen). The fitting musical framework will be provided by Otto Lechner. Additional: Cinema Breakfast

Mozart in the Orient
Fri 11 May
Mozart encounters Turkish colleagues, the FisFüz ensemble meets a symphony orchestra.

Sylvie Guillem - 6000 miles away
Sat 19 May
After her success with "PUSH" in October 2011, she now returns to the Festspielhaus with a new production in cooperation with the choreographers William Forsythe and Mats Ek.