Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Magic Flute

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William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

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Johann Strauss II

The Bat

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker

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Poulenc/Ridout/Saint-Saëns

Carnival of the Animals

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Next Performances

Sa,  21.12.2024 | 16:00
Rumpelstiltskin Brothers Grimm
without intermission 1 hour
Sa,  21.12.2024 | 19:30
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
Su,  22.12.2024 | 16:00
The Magic Flute (Short Version) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
without intermission 1 hour 5 minutes
Mo,  23.12.2024 | 16:00
Peter and the Wolf / Little Red Riding Hood Sergei Prokofieff / Grimm Brothers
without intermission 55 minutes
Th,  26.12.2024 | 16:00
The Magic Flute (Short Version) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
without intermission 1 hour 5 minutes
All Performances

The Salzburg Marionette Theatre

The high art of puppetry

What makes the Salzburg Marionette Theatre different from other theatres? – On the stage, the marionettes are the protagonists, and the people are behind – or rather, above it all. Because, while down on the stage these finely-crafted marionettes perform plays, fairy-tales, musicals and operas, it's the skilled puppeteers two metres above them who guide all their movements with a special technique, each on 12 strings. The puppeteers, who have mastered this unique method, bring the marionettes to miraculous life.

This special performance technique, has been declared a cultural asset worthy of preservation, as the "most highly developed form of puppet and figure theatre", earning the Salzburg Marionette Theatre a place in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

NEWS

La finta giardiniera

The historic production of Mozart's early opera returns to the stage of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre for the 2025 Mozart Week, featuring Günther Schneider-Siemssen's distinctive original set design.

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Histoire du Soldat

Igor Stravinsky
to be read, played and danced (2 parts; 1918)
Text: Ferdinand Ramuz
In the German adaptation by: Hans Reinhart

Puppets and décor: Georg Baselitz

A co-production with the Salzburg Festival

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