Salzburg Festival [ENA] In the heated expanse of summer 2025, the Salzburg Festival delivered a performance of chilling emotional power: Der Schneesturm, a haunting, visionary adaptation of Vladimir Sorokin’s post-apocalyptic fable, brought to stage by Kirill Serebrennikov. This production—part theatrical epic, part existential odyssey—stands as both a bold creative triumph and a luminous tribute to art’s enduring potency amid uncertainty.   [Full story...]

Schloss Ambras [ENA] On the evening of August 20, 2025, the historic Spanischer Saal of Schloss Ambras was alight with Baroque fervor in an electrifying presentation of Claudio Monteverdi’s “Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda”, performed by the ever-virtuoso la fonte musica under the direction of Michele Pasotti. This performance, part of the prestigious Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, was nothing short of a radiant celebration of early Baroque dramaturgy, musical daring, and emotional immediacy.   [Full story...]