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The summer festival was first founded in 1877 but was discontinued in 1910 . At the close of , the composer Richard Strauss , the director of the Salzburg City Theater Max Reinhardt , the scenic designer Alfred Roller and the conductor Franz Schalk . The Festival was officially reborn on 22 August 1920 with a performance of Hofmannsthal's play '' Jedermann '' on the steps of Cathedral Square. The practice has become a tradition, and Jedermann is now always performed at Cathedral Square. In 1926 the old Archbishop's stable Felsenreitschule was converted into a theater and the Festival Hall ( Salzburger Festspielhaus ) opera house opened its doors. As this summer festival gained fame and statue as the premiere venue for opera, drama play, and classical concert presentation, its musical repertory concentrates on Mozart and Strauss, but other works, such as Verdi 's '' Falstaff '' and Beethoven 's '' Fidelio '' were also performed. 1934 to 1937 represents a golden period when the famed conductors Toscanini and Bruno Walter conducted many performances. In 1936 , it featured a performance by the Trapp Family Singers , whose story was later dramatized as the musical and film '' The Sound Of Music ''. The shot of the Trapps singing in the competition features Felsenreitschule Theater. In 1937, Boyd Neel and his orchestra premiered Benjamin Britten ’s '' Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge '' at the Festival. ''The Gramophone'', June 1972, p. 178 The Festival's popularity suffered a major blow once Austria was Annexed Into Germany in 1938, though it remained in operation until closing temporarily in 1943. With the end of World War II , the Salzburg Festival reopened in 1945 immediately following the Allied victory in Europe. POST WORLD WAR II FESTIVALS The post-war Festival slowly regained its prominence as the premiere summer opera festival especially in works by Mozart. In 2006 the Festival celebrated the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth by staging all 22 of his operatic works (including 2 unfinished operas), to great acclaim. All 22 were filmed and were released to the general public in November 2006. NOTES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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