Alma Mia
Vivacious Spanish soprano Raquel Andueza will enchant the audience with arias and sonatas by Court musician Pietro Antonio Cesti! 29 July, 8 p.m.
the programmeAlmira
Georg Friedrich Händels opera „Almira" will be performed at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music; with Alessandro De Marchi, Academia Montis Regalis and Jetske Mijnssen!
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Trailer»1685«
The stars were favourable for music in 1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederic Handel and Domenico Scarlatti were born. The three stars are the focus of the 2014 Innsbruck Festival.
the programmeCesti competition
The Cesti competition will take place in Innsbruck for the fifth time. Young singers of all nations are invited to enter the competition. Apply until 15 May.
read moreDuello Amoroso
Händels cantata “Amarilli vezzosa” will be performed in the Spanish Hall at the Ambras Castle with Atillio Cremonsi, La Cetra and Sophie Junker!
the programmeNarciso
Domenico Scarlattis opera „Narciso" at the Tyrolean State Theatre; with Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante and Chiara Osella; directed by Davide Livermore!
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Europa Galante, B’Rock, Hofkapelle München, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, La Divina Armonia, Gli Incogniti, La Nuova Musica, La Chimera, Academia Montis Regalis,
Cantar Lontano, La Cetra i.a.
the programmeMass B minor
Alessandro De Marchi will conduct Bach's mass in B minor at Wilten monastery. With orchestra and choir of the Academia Montis Regalis, Marie-Sophie Pollak, Ruby Hughes, Jakob Huppmann, Dávid Szigetvári and Marcell Bakonyi.
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Tickets 2014
Season 2014
The 38th Innsbruck Festival of Early Music takes place between 12th and 31st of August 2014. Buy your tickets for the are already available.
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Cesti competition
Apply until 15 May
The Cesti competition will take place in Innsbruck for the fifth time. Young singers of all nations are invited to enter the competition.
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Bach, Handel, Scarlatti
the focus lies on three composers born in 1685: Bach, Handel and Scarlatti with masterpieces from opera, church music, concertos and chamber music.
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Cesti Competition
British winner
The British Emilie Renard won the 4th Cesti competition in 2013. 2nd place went to the Austrian Christina Gansch. Place 3 to Fernando Guimaraes from Portugal.
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- David Hansen © Tonje Thilesen
Highlights 2014
This summer there will be a lot of highlights
The most popular events of next festival summer are the operas "Almira" by Händel and "Narciso" by Domenico Scarlatti. Our BAROQUE OPERA:YOUNG production is Cesti's "L'Orontea". At castle Ambras we will do a further semi-staged production by Händel: "Duello Amoroso"... and concerts such as "Farinelli and his Rivals" with counter tenor David Hansen and Bach's famous B minor mass at Wilten monastery.
