Philippe Jordan to conduct "Macbeth" at the Salzburger Festspiele this summer

The Salzburg Festival is welcoming PHILIPPE JORDAN to conducting this year’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski.

Philippe Jordan has been music director of the Vienna State Opera since September 2020, where he has conducted nine new productions ranging from Mozart to Alban Berg, among others. He was previously music director of the Opéra National de Paris for twelve years and chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Philippe Jordan has appeared at all the world’s great opera houses and festivals with all the world’s major orchestras.

At the Salzburg Festival, he first conducted a new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte in 2004 and a concert performance of Wagner´s Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen in 2013, as well as orchestra concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester und the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.

Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth will premiere on 29 July; followed by five more performances through 24 August 2023 at the Großes Festspielhaus. (Source: Salzburger Festspiele)

Premiere: July 29, 2023
Further performances: August 6/10/14/19/24, 2023