It is the centrepiece of the Salzburg Festival and an incontrovertible institution: For it’s 100th anniversary, the Salzburg Festival offered an opulent interpretation of Jedermann (Everyman) by Hofmannsthal. “Tobias Moretti plays with great commitment, Caroline Peters gives a brilliant performance” (Salzburger Nachrichten). On 22 August 1920, the first Salzburg Festival opened with Jedermann in a production by Festival founder Max Reinhardt against the breathtaking backdrop of the baroque Salzburg Cathedral. Since then, no other piece has more closely been connected with the 100-year history of the Festival than this play about the transience of the world, fame and money. BONUS: Documentary: The Great World Theatre – Salzburg and it’s Festival A high-quality docufiction about the dramas and unknown events behind the scenes, from its founding in 1920 to the present day showing unseen footage from 30 archives worldwide and numerous private films.
Salzburg Festival 2024: Jedermann
There is no Salzburg Festival without Jedermann. Ever since its first performance at the festival in 1920, the morality play by Austrian playwright and festival co-founder Hugo von Hofmannsthal has been a permanent fixture of the Salzburg Festival every summer. Looking back at this storied legacy, staging Jedermann in Salzburg
is no easy feat. In this production, Canadian director Robert Carsen takes on the challenge by focusing first and foremost on the essentials of the work: “Robert Carsen has stripped away all the scaffolding to let the text speak for itself. A conservative production in the best sense of the word” (FAZ). The chance to portray Jedermann on the cathedral square stage is an honour – Philipp Hochmair, already successful with his touring one man show “Jedermann Reloaded” is “convincing” (NYT) in the role and “radiates extraordinary intensity with his striking language” (Die Presse).
Salzburg Festival 2020: Jedermann
It is the centerpiece of the Salzburg Festival and an incontrovertible institution: For its 100th anniversary, the Salzburg Festival is offering an opulent, effective Jedermann by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. “Tobias Moretti plays with great commitment, Caroline Peters gives a brilliant performance” Salzburger Nachrichten
Salzburg Festival 2013: von Hofmannsthal, Jedermann
“Jederman” is the most popular spectacle of the Salzburg Festival since 1920, sold out every year. In 2013 ,the spectacle, with renowed German actor Peter Lohmeyer as “Jedermann”, was presented in a live transmission in 50 cinemas in Germany.