“The Salzburg State Theater unveils exciting program for 2023/24 season”

Words that sparkle like stars in times of crisis: “Only act according to the maxim that you can also want it to become a general law.” With its season motto for 2023/24 (“The maxim of your actions”) according to Immanuel Kant a wide field chosen.

Whether in profound dramatic reflection or with playful comedic ease – “rooms should be offered to think about the actions of others – for example some great figures of theater literature”. With reference to this, one’s own doings and actions can be taken into account.

The seats in the theater are 86 percent full

Kant’s categorical imperative focuses on the moral values ​​of action: “Since antiquity, the field of tension between the actions of the individual and their effect on society has been addressed in theater. Theater can stimulate individual self-reflection in the community,” says Artistic Director Carl Philip von Maldeghem, who is now presenting the program for the 2023/24 season together with Commercial Director Bernhard Utz and the division team.

In the newly renovated building, music director Leslie Suganandarajah, ballet director Reginaldo Oliveira, opera director Katrin König, Anna Lukasser-Weitlaner (children’s and youth theater division “Junges Land”) and chief dramaturge Friederike Bernau presented their projects that are already in the creative process.

Artistic Director von Maldeghem summed up that they are very satisfied with the current season: After around two-thirds of the 2022/23 season, more than 100,000 guests attended 227 performances – that is an occupancy rate of over 86 percent. Special mention should be made of the children’s and youth theater productions “Junges Land” with an occupancy rate of over 90 percent.

The series of productions in English (“International Theatre”), launched with the current season, has been very popular from the start and will also start with two productions in the new season. Keeping its finger on the pulse, the Landestheater will be exploring new boundaries in all categories and numerous world premieres in the coming season, and is happy about tried-and-tested cooperations, but also about new faces who, with their respective different signatures in terms of direction or choreography, will provide fresh creative input will deliver.

With the Ice Arena Salzburg (“Xanadu”) and the House of Nature (“The Beginning of Almost Everything”), new venues will be added, which will not only hold exciting challenges for the audience to explore. So it remains exciting and colorful on the stages of the venues of the Salzburg State Theater.

Kirsten Benekam

The plays 2023/24 at the Salzburg State Theater

musical theater
•The Barber of Seville, Oper von Rossini, 24.9.2023
•Aida, opera by Verdi, 4.11.2023 Felsenreitschule
•Lucio Silla, opera by Mozart, January 20, 2024
•The Pearl Fishers, by Bizet, in concert on April 20, 2024
• Anthropocene, by Stuart Macrae as Austrian premiere, May 26, 2024
•Die Fledermaus, by Strauss, revival, September 14, 2023

Musical
•Singin’ in the rain, Musical von Nacio Herb Brown, 2.12.2023
•Xanadu, musical by Jeff Lynne/John Farrar, June 1, 2024 in the Eisarena Salzburg
•Hair, musical by Galt MacDermont, revival 9/9/2023
•The Sound of Music, musical by Rodgers/Hammerstein II, revival 1/5/2024

play
•Clouds.Heim/Am Königsweg, by Jelinek, September 30, 2023
•Brass music pop, by Vea Kaiser, world premiere October 7th, 2023
•The Oresteia. The Invention of Democracy, by Aeschylus/Lea Rosh et al., 11/18/2023
•Amadeus, by Peter Shaffer, 2024-01-26-28
•The course of life, by Marco Dott/Katrin Schweiger, world premiere February 3, 2024
•Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, 3/15/2024
•The Cherry Orchard, by Chekhov, April 7, 2024
•The Wall, Marlen Haushofer, revival October 29, 2023
•Faust, by Goethe, resumed on February 27, 2024
•Shakespeare in the park at Leopoldskron Palace: Golden Lads & Girls, August 18, 2023 and May 17, 2024 fairies and ghosts

ballet
•Sleeping Beauty, by Tchaikovsky, 03/09/2024
•How about Jazz?, by Andreas Heise/Filipe Portugal, premiere May 8, 2024, in Aigen
•Lili, the Danish Girl, by Reginaldo Oliveira, revival 10/19/2023
•Internationale Ballettgala, 2.6.2024

Children’s productions “Young Country”
•The Wizard of Oz, by Frank Baum, 11/11/2023
•The language of water, by Sarah Crossan, January 17th, 2024 in the sample center Aigen
•The beginning of almost everything, by Armela Madreiter, world premiere March 6th, 2024 in the Haus der Natur
•I call my brothers, by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, May 15, 2024 Kammerspiele
•Happs und weg!, by Angela Beyerlein/Anna Lukasser-Weitlaner, world premiere April 18, 2024 in the Aigen rehearsal center
•The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister, January 7th, 2024 Resumption of Kammerspiele

International Theater in English
•The complete works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), von Adam Long/Daniel Singer/Jess Winfield, 10.11.2023
•Girls & Boys, von Dennis Kelly, 24.5.2024

Extras
•My Silent Night, musical gala, December 9th, 2023, Felsenreitschule
•The big New Year’s Eve concert, December 31, 2023, Large Festival Hall
•The Ring of the Nibelung, by Wagner, October 25, 2023 Resumption of the puppet theatre

Winning love with dance: Marie (Larissa Mota) conquers her nutcracker prince in highly cultivated pointe dance. −Photo: Salzburg State Theater