Großes Festspielhaus, Opera house in Altstadt, Salzburg, Austria
The Grosses Festspielhaus features a 100-meter-wide stage and an auditorium with a nearly square ground plan measuring 35 meters in length.
The construction required the excavation of 55,000 cubic meters of rock between autumn 1956 and early summer 1960 to transform the former archiepiscopal stables.
The venue opened on July 26, 1960, with Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier conducted by Herbert von Karajan, establishing a new era for classical performances.
The theater accommodates 2,179 seats and provides visitors with free access to SVV bus and train lines in Salzburg six hours before performances.
The iron stage curtain weighs 34 tonnes and measures one meter in thickness, while local Mönchsberg conglomerate rock adorns the reinforced concrete columns.
Location: Salzburg
Architects: Clemens Holzmeister
Official opening: 1960
Capacity: 2179
Website: http://kulturvereinigung.com/en/upcoming-events/great-festival-hall
GPS coordinates: 47.79860,13.04110
Latest update: May 12, 2025 09:33
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