14. June 2022
Festival director Alessandro De Marchi will take over the musical direction of the opera «Silla» and will also set the tone for the first performance of Handel's "Messiah" in Italian. He will also set the tone from the conductor's podium for the first performance of Handel's «Messiah» in Italian. Away from the sheet music and the study room, we asked him a few questions and learned some surprising things.
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From September 2023, the renowned conductor and harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone will be the musical director of the Innsbruck Early Music Festival. Of course, we had the opportunity to interview him in advance.
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11. February 2022
Surprise your loved one for Valentine's Day with tickets to the Innsbruck Early Music Festival 2022 and create unforgettable musical moments that will be remembered.
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30. August 2021
In the period from 13 July to 29 August, over 13,000 guests from all over the world visited the Festival Weeks in Tyrol's capital.
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11. June 2021
Advance booking is open again! Tickets for all events of the Innsbruck Festival are now available again at the known advance booking offices.
The general safety and hygiene regulations communicated by the federal government apply to all events.
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7. May 2021
With more than 50 events, from 13 July to 29 August 2021, the 45th Innsbruck Festival of Early Music is once again filling the city with music.
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10. June 2020
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Due to reasons concerning the organization and event technology of the festival unfortunately some of the concerts can not take place this summer.
29. August 2019
2020 dürfen sich Opernfans auf die „Leonora“ von Ferdinando Paër, die Intermedien zu „La pellegrina“ sowie Alessandro Melanis „L‘empio punito“ freuen.
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23. August 2018
74 singers from 26 countries competed in the 9th International Cesti Competition. Here are the finalists.
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7. February 2018
Young singers from all over the world are invited to apply for the 9th International Cesti Competition.
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5. May 2017
Mit einem "musikalischen Intermezzo" im Musikpavillon im Hofgarten machen die Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik Vorfreude auf den Sommer!
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The traditional Innsbruck Festival of Early Music opened this morning at Ambras Castle. In the evening, the opera "Silla" by Carl Heinrich Graun will celebrate its premiere at the Tyrolean Landestheater for the 46th edition of the festival.
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16. May 2022
When the curtain rises for the first time, his excitement increases, because then the young talents who successfully participated in last year's Cesti Competition have to realise his concept. All-rounder Alberto Allegrezza will direct the production of the baroque opera:Jung «L'amazzone corsara». He is also designing the stage set and costumes.
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14. December 2021
The Innsbruck Festival of Early Music is one of the most renowned festivals of Baroque music in Europe. It has been a magnet for visitors from all over the world since 1976. Next year, the Innsbruck Festival will host over 50 different events from the 12th of July to the 28th of August 2022, showcasing the leitmotif of «encounters».
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29. August 2021
In the final concert of the 12th International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti at the Haus der Musik Innsbruck on 29 August 2021, Shira Patchornik from Israel prevailed against strong competition.
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7. June 2021
It is with great pleasure that the Innsbruck Early Music Festival announces that due to the planned further opening steps of the federal government, seating capacities will be increased.
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19. February 2021
Margherita Maria Sala is 27 years old and has been singing all her life. The fact that she won the Cesti Competition in 2020 is one of the highlights of her life. In an online interview with the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, she tells how she prepared for it, what happened to her and how her life changed afterwards.
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10. June 2020
It is with great pleasure that the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music announces that a large part of the originally planned programme 2020 will take place.
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27. November 2018
The commemorative year of Emperor Maximilian I, the 350th anniversary of Innsbruck court musician Pietro Antonio Cesti’s death and the tenth instalment of the Cesti Competition are the focal points of the 43rd Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. Shining lights from days past and present will radiate with a fresh sparkle in the summer of 2019. The rediscovery of the baroque opera “Merope” by Riccardo Broschi is eagerly anticipated. The Innsbruck audience can look forward to stars of the early music scene – from Bejun Mehta to Julia Lezhneva, from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin to the La Folia baroque orchestra.
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14. August 2018
Outlook to 2019: three extraordinary rarities will be shown at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2019
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28. August 2017
The young mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo won the first prize and the audience award in the Cesti Singing Competition in Innsbruck. Second place went to Eléonore Pancrazi from France followed by Giulia Bolcato from Italy.
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9. March 2017
„Le nozze in sogno“ im Rennen um „Wiederentdeckung des Jahres“.
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