Salzburg Festival facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Salzburg Festival Salzburger Festspiele
Jedermann, a play performed annually, in 2014
Genre	music drama
Begins	late July
Ends	end of August
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	Salzburg, Austria
Inaugurated	1920; 103 years ago (1920)
People	Hugo von Hofmannsthal Richard Strauss Alfred Roller Franz Schalk Max Reinhardt

The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One highlight is the annual performance of the play Jedermann (Everyman) by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Since 1967, an annual Salzburg Easter Festival has also been held, organized by a separate organization.

Images for kids

Plácido Domingo, Francesco Meli, Anna Netrebko and Diana Haller in the new production of Il trovatore at the 2014 festival
Great Festival Hall entrance at Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz in Salzburg, Austria

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