Salzburg Festival: history and repertoire, 1922–1926
Salzburg Festival: history and repertoire, 1922-26 lists all opera productions of the Salzburg Festival in its founding years.
The Salzburg City Theatre, performance venue of the first opera productions at the Salzburg Festival
Claire Born was a German operatic soprano. A long-term member of the Vienna State Opera and the Semperoper in Dresden, she appeared at leading international opera houses and festivals, in roles such as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos. She performed in world premieres including Hindemith's Cardillac and Othmar Schoeck's Vom Fischer un syner Fru.
Cardillac in 1926. Max Hirzel as the Officer and Born as Cardillac's daughter
Cardillac, 1926. Robert Burg as Cardillac and Born as his daughter
Elektra, 1927. Anna Wolf-Ortner, left, as Elektra and Born as Chrysothemis
Plaque for Claire Born in Bayreuth