Salzburg Festival, The

Aroview: An epic and detailed look at the world's most revered classical music festival, which takes place annually in Mozart's birthplace, the Austrian town of Salzburg, and which has always attracted the greatest music stars of the every era.

Given unprecendented access to archival footage, dir. Palmer examines changes in performance and interpretation, but mainly takes a fascinating look at how the festival has weathered many political changes, including a period of semi-collusion with the Nazi regime of the 1930s. Includes performances or interviews by Maximilian Schell, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Herbert von Karajan, Plácido Domingo, Valery Gergiev, Lang Lang, Anna Netrebko, Riccardo Muti and Simon Rattle.

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