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Salzburg Festival forges ahead with full program for 2021
by Ronald Blum, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 10, 2020 1:50 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 10, 2020 at 1:58 pm EDT
The Salzburg Festival in Austria is forging ahead with a full program for 2021 after becoming one of the few classical music organizations to manage a limited program last summer.
The world’s top summer festival, coming off its 100th anniversary last summer, said Thursday it will present Puccini’s “Tosca” with soprano Anna Netrekbo, Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with conductor Teodor Currentzis leading his MusicAeterna and Luigi Nono’s “Intolleranza,” all postponed from the 100th anniversary festival last summer because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.