Salzburg Marionette Theatre
Salzburg Marionette Theatre was established in 1913 and is one of the oldest continuing marionette theatres in the world. It is based in the city of Salzburg, Austria. Original productions featured live actors and musicians. Today soundtracks are recorded. The Salzburg Marionette Theatre performs a large repertoire of operas, ballets and productions for both children and adults, using marionettes.
Many of Mozart's famous operas are in the repertoire of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre (Posthumous painting by Barbara Krafft in 1819)
A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a marionettist. Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues. They have also been used in films and on television. The attachment of the strings varies according to its character or purpose.
Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, Les Marionettes polonaises (National Museum, Warsaw)
Ancient Greek terracotta puppet dolls, 5th–4th century BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Howdy Doody, famous US television marionette.
A display of marionettes used in Supermarionation television series such as Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons at the National Media Museum in Bradford, United Kingdom
