The Salzburg Festival opens in search of elusive peace
An employee sorts fabrics in the sewing room of the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg on June 23, 2021. Many of opera s most celebrated voices have soared and resonated in its highly acclaimed acoustics, yet the creation of the historic auditorium at the Salzburg Festival was a tall order 60 years ago. ALEX HALADA / AFP
by Joshua Barone
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- What is peace? a singer asks in Latin at the start of Klaus Hubers Quod Est Pax? The orchestra responds with a wandering, spectral sound that underscores the question, as it is asked again and considered from different angles, until the instruments erupt in a disorderly mass as if to answer: Peace is not a pleasant tune.
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