History of the Salzburg Advent Singing

In December 1946, Tobi Reiser, a gifted musician, singer and local historian, gathers friends and acquaintances for the first time to sing and make music together at Christmas.

Schnee im Festspielhaus 2015

In front of the Iron Curtain, there is only a very cramped and limited opportunity for “Snowfall” in the narrow corridor of lighting technology high in the sky above the auditorium. In the end, it worked wonderfully, the audience and performers were thrilled by the snowfall in the Grosses Festspielhaus.

2017 The shepherd children of the Salzburg Advent Singing

For the past 16 years, the shepherd children from the Salzburg Advent Singing have been gathering at the Dürnberger family’s cozy Soder-Kaser on the Loferer-Alm to rehearse their new play for the performances in the Grosses Festspielhaus.

2019 shepherd children casting

In glorious weather, the shepherd children, their parents and the shepherd children’s carers trudged from Unkener Heutal to the Hochalm on Sunday, 16.2.2020.