A bit snobby
As an Austrian, you have to see “Jedermann” in Salzburg at least once in your life. Right?
“Well,” is my answer, and I admit: I had the opportunity to watch the play about the death of the rich man on the cathedral square before and was deeply impressed by the acting and the scenery – not least because a Japanese man was sitting next to me who thought the play was a “speaking opera.”
The surroundings are a somewhat snobbish way of seeing and being seen, which some people love and celebrate. That’s how it should be: stories about the festival in the city of Mozart, for which it is often difficult to get tickets, sound better than those about the Wilhering summer theater in the monastery’s barn.
Highest quality
All 15 “Jedermann” performances, each with 2,000 visitors, are sold out. Opera tickets at the Salzburg Festival are available from 20 euros, and drama tickets start at 10 euros. And if a festival has acquired the reputation of serving up remarkable offerings to cultural connoisseurs due to its consistently high quality, then we should speak of a stroke of luck rather than making a criticism.
There are already plenty of festivals that disguise themselves as spectacles in order to cover up gaps in content. But lucky are those who not only let themselves be enchanted in Salzburg, but also experience the magic of the Upper Austrian cultural summer from Bad Ischl to Helfenberg and from Ried to Enns.
And what is your opinion?
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