The Tyrolean Festival on tour

This festival takes place in Innsbruck and other locations from July 3 to 13.

The year 2008 will be a very special year for the popular Tyrolean Festival: Every 6 years the Passion Play takes place in Erl and for this reason the Erl Festival goes on tour and is performed in other locations. Venue for this year are the culture city of Innsbruck and Tannheim as well as Lienz.

“Messa da Requiem” by Giuseppe Verdi and the “8th Symphony” by Gustav Mahler represent the inaugural and closure compositions that will be performed in the Congress of Innsbruck. In between, however, there will also be two premieres. Here is the programme:

3rd and 4th July - Giuseppe Verdi “Messa da Requiem”
at 8 pm, Congress of Innsbruck
conductor: Gustav Kuhn

4th and 5th July - Wolfgang Mitterer “Das tapfere Schneiderlein”
at 5.30 pm, Innsbruck
children’s opera

5th July - Christoph Cech, “Mass for the Schwarzmander church”
at 8 pm, Schwarzmander church, Innsbruck (a premier)
conductor: Christoph Cech

6th July - Ludwig van Beethoven “Missa Solemnis”
at 11 am, Congress of Innsbruck
conductor: Gustav Kuhn

7th, 8th, 9th and 12th July - piano recitals I-IV
piano recital I: 7th July, Davide Cabassi, Sophie Pacini
piano recital II: 8th July, Alfonso Alberti, Jasminka Stancul
piano recital III: 9th July, Davide Cabassi, Tatjana Larionova
piano recital IV: 12th July, Davide Cabassi, Jasminka Stancul, Alfonso Alberti, Tatjana Larionova, Sophie Pacini
piano recitals always at 8 pm, Innsbruck

11th July - recitals
at 8 pm, Innsbruck

11th July - Joseph Haydn “Mariazeller Mass”
at 8 pm, parish church St. Andreas, Lienz
conductor: William Lacey

12th July - Joseph Haydn “Nelson Mass”
at 8 pm, parish church at Tannheim
conductor: William Lacey

13th July - Gustav Mahler “8th Symphony”
at 8 pm, Congress of Innsbruck
conductor: Gustav Kuhn

Don’t miss this great festival!