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Children have the Proms. Grown-ups head to Salzburg. Snob summer

Igor Levit and Teodor Currentzis were on fire at this year's uncompromising and often exhilarating Salzburg Festival. Plus: Anselm Kiefer close-up

Anna El-Khashem (Zerlina) and Davide Luciano (Don Giovanni) in Romeo Castellucci's Don Giovanni at Salzburg Festival. Image: © SF/Monika Rittershaus 
issue 10 August 2024
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  • Igor Levit; Don Giovanni; Die Kluge

    Salzburger Festspiele, until 31 August

  • Anselm Kiefer: Mein Rhein

    Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg,, until 28 September

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