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90 years - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2010 - 55 Euro Cent

Designer: Pratter, Eric

90 years - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2010 - 55 Euro Cent


Theme: Calender
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date2010
Face Value55.00 
Edition Issued300,000
Printing Typeoffset
Stamp TypeCommemorative
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number2205
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
SID474211
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The Salzburg Festival is undoubtedly one of the most important cultural events in Austria, its excellent reputation has a significant influence on the image of our country. For the 90th anniversary of the festival, a special stamp is now published, the motif of which is the 1928 designed and still used logo of the graphic designer Poldi Wojtek. The birth of the Salzburg Festival marked Hugo von Hofmannsthal's well-known drama "Jedermann", which was first performed on August 22, 1920 on the Domplatz in the direction of Max Reinhardt. In addition to Reinhardt and Hofmannsthal, the establishment of the festival is primarily due to the composer Richard Strauss, the conductor and Viennese court opera director Franz Schalk, and the stage designer Alfred Roller. The following year, in 1921, concerts were also on the program for the first time in addition to the "Everyman", and in 1922 this was even extended with four Mozart operas. In 1926, the Felsenreitschule was added as the second venue, and the renovation of the Festspielhaus took place under the architect Clemens Holzmeister. Since 1936, the festival has its own, composed by Joseph Messner fanfare, which also serves as a theme tune in radio broadcasts. The period of National Socialism also had serious consequences for the Salzburg Festival; so the "Everyman" had to be removed from the program and many artists were given performance bans or went into exile. With the beginning of the Second World War, the program was significantly reduced in 1944, finally, the festival, due to an order of the Propaganda Minister Goebbels to cancel all festivals in the German Reich, not take place at all. Only in 1945, after the end of the war, could the festival, with a shortened program, of course, be re-organized - Hofmannsthal's "Everyman" was again listed and heard since then a fixed component. In recent history, the festival has been dominated by two personalities: the conductor Herbert von Karajan and the Belgian director Gérard Mortier. The time of Karajan was determined by the highest musical quality and the commitment of international stars, which led towards the end of his era to a certain artistic stagnation. It was reserved for Mortier to open the festival for new trends and to give voice theater more weight again. Gérard Mortier's successor was Peter Ruzicka; Since 2007, director Jürgen Flimm has been director of the festival, and Helga Rabl-Stadler has held the office of presidency for many years. From 2011 Sven-Eric Bechtolf will be the new acting director of the Salzburg Festival, he will take over his task under the future director Alexander Pereira. Read more on the homepage http://90jahre.salzburgerfestspiele.at

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The Salzburg Festival is undoubtedly one of the most important cultural events in Austria, its excellent reputation has a significant influence on the image of our country. For the 90th anniversary of the festival, a special stamp is now published, the motif of which is the 1928 designed and still used logo of the graphic designer Poldi Wojtek. The birth of the Salzburg Festival marked Hugo von Hofmannsthal's well-known drama "Jedermann", which was first performed on August 22, 1920 on the Domplatz in the direction of Max Reinhardt. In addition to Reinhardt and Hofmannsthal, the establishment of the festival is primarily due to the composer Richard Strauss, the conductor and Viennese court opera director Franz Schalk, and the stage designer Alfred Roller. The following year, in 1921, concerts were also on the program for the first time in addition to the "Everyman", and in 1922 this was even extended with four Mozart operas. In 1926, the Felsenreitschule was added as the second venue, and the renovation of the Festspielhaus took place under the architect Clemens Holzmeister. Since 1936, the festival has its own, composed by Joseph Messner fanfare, which also serves as a theme tune in radio broadcasts. The period of National Socialism also had serious consequences for the Salzburg Festival; so the "Everyman" had to be removed from the program and many artists were given performance bans or went into exile. With the beginning of the Second World War, the program was significantly reduced in 1944, finally, the festival, due to an order of the Propaganda Minister Goebbels to cancel all festivals in the German Reich, not take place at all. Only in 1945, after the end of the war, could the festival, with a shortened program, of course, be re-organized - Hofmannsthal's "Everyman" was again listed and heard since then a fixed component. In recent history, the festival has been dominated by two personalities: the conductor Herbert von Karajan and the Belgian director Gérard Mortier. The time of Karajan was determined by the highest musical quality and the commitment of international stars, which led towards the end of his era to a certain artistic stagnation. It was reserved for Mortier to open the festival for new trends and to give voice theater more weight again. Gérard Mortier's successor was Peter Ruzicka; Since 2007, director Jürgen Flimm has been director of the festival, and Helga Rabl-Stadler has held the office of presidency for many years. From 2011 Sven-Eric Bechtolf will be the new acting director of the Salzburg Festival, he will take over his task under the future director Alexander Pereira. Read more on the homepage http://90jahre.salzburgerfestspiele.at.