Salzburg Whitsun Festival
- Venues
Large Festival Hall
Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 SalzburgHouse for Mozart
Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 SalzburgFelsenreitschule / Summer Riding School
Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 Salzburg
- Dates
17 to 20 June 2026
- Rates
from € 200.00 to € 399.00
operas from € 324.00 to € 655.00For booking please contact Christine Dirnberger per e-mail or telephone: +43 662 / 88 32 11-25.
(as of: December 2025 – subject to alterations)
22 - 25 June 2026
The Salzburg Whitsun Festival once again brings numerous world stars to the stages of the Large Festival Hall, the House for Mozart and the Felsenreitschule. You can look forward to Rossinis opera Il viaggio a Reims, Monteverdis opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, a gala evening "voyage de ma vie" - a staged journey through the musical world of Cecilia Bartoli and the ballet The little Mermaid. Stars such as Cecilia Bartoli, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo and many more will be there.
Friday, 22 May 2026
6.30 pm, House for Mozart
IL VIAGGIO A REIMS
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Dramma giocoso in one act (1825)
Libretto by Luigi Balochi, partly based on the novel Corinne, ou L'Italie by Madame de Stael
New production
with Gianluca Capuano, Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Viotto, Mélissa Petit, Tara Erraught, Edgardo Rocha, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Choeur de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco etc.
Saturday, 23 May 2026
7.30 pm, Large Festival Hall
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Ballet by John Neumeier
based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
a guest performance by the Hamburg Ballet
with Simon Hewett, Wiener Symphoniker, Hamburg Ballet
Sunday, 24 May 2026
11.00 am, House for Mozart
IL RITORNO D'ULISSE IN PATRIA
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Dramma per musica in a prologue and three acts (1640)
Libretto by Giacomo Badoaro
New production
with Gianluca Capuano, Vito Priante, Sara Mingardo, Massimo Altieri, Arianna Vendittelli, Alessandro Ravasio, Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli, Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco etc.
8.00 pm, Large Festival Hall
GALA - VOYAGE DE MA VIE
A staged journey through the musical world of Cecilia Bartoli
with Yvan, Cassar, Davide Livermore, Cecilia Bartoli & Friends
Monday, 25 May 2026
11.00 am, Felsenreitschule
ÜBERS MEER
concert with works by Francesco Cavalli, Sebastián Durón, Georg Caspar Schürmann etc.
with Christian Pluhar, Céline Scheen, Luciana Mancini, Vincenzo Capezzuto, L'Arpeggiata etc.
5.00 pm, House for Mozart
IL VIAGGIO A REIMS
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Dramma giocoso in one act (1825)
Libretto by Luigi Balochi, partly based on the novel Corinne, ou L'Italie by Madame de Stael
New production
with Gianluca Capuano, Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Viotto, Mélissa Petit, Tara Erraught, Edgardo Rocha, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Choeur de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco etc.
