Salzburg Easter festival/Rattle; The Rite of Spring/Volkov CBSO – review

Salzburg; BirminghamFourteen months ago, scandal nearly destroyed the Salzburg Easter festival. This annual event, founded by Herbert von Karajan in 1967, is a compact, private version of the more extended and glitzy summer festival, held amid the baroque splendour of Mozart's home city. Alleged fraud, an attempted suicide and ongoing criminal investigations gave unwanted colour to an enterprise in which the atmosphere is familial – the Karajan family are still closely involved – artistic st...

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