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"Das große Geheimnis"
MEDIENTERMINE
Looking forward to the anniversary Advent singing in 2026
„the big secret“
For director and author Hans Köhl, the mystery of the Nativity deserves special consideration in the 2026 anniversary Advent singing: “In my constant effort to break new ground in Advent themes, my curiosity grew about the diversity of the world’s religions and the search inherent in all of us for the ‘great mystery’ that manifests itself particularly in the divine miracle of birth.” Combined with the most beautiful musical and vocal sounds, this Advent singing will certainly be something very special again.
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>>> GIFT TIP
For anyone still searching for the perfect, joyful Christmas gift, online ticket sales for the 2026 anniversary Advent Singing event will begin on December 16 at www.salzburgeradventsingen.at.
>>> STREAMING FOR HOME
The 2025 Salzburg Advent Singing “The Blind Shepherd” can be listened to free of charge via audio streaming. On our website www.salzburgeradventsingen.at/on, you will find this year’s production and many other audio and video recordings of Salzburg Advent Singing from previous years.
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Summary of the Salzburg Advent Singing 2025
“The Blind Shepherd” captured hearts
In our 79th year of existence, it was the characteristically convincing performers who touched the hearts of the audience, as did the heavenly voices of our soloists Elisabeth Eder-Marböck (Angel) and Eva-Maria Schinwald (Mary), who were joined this year by Johannes Forster as the new Joseph. On a total of 16 performance dates on the first three weekends of Advent, the arduous journey of the blind shepherd Jakob – brilliantly portrayed by Tyrolean actor Edwin Hochmuth – through the barren, inhospitable Dachstein massif, the profound sensory perceptions of a blind man who, thanks to his heightened senses, perceives much more than his young companions Peterl and Kathi, who tend the sheep
of the brusque, hard-hearted Stoana landlady (Marcella Wieland) with him in the high mountains. This contrast between the innkeeper and the shepherd Jakob – she blind on the inside, he blind on the outside – was a skillful reference to the present day.
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Our audience was also deeply moved by musical treasures such as “Von guten Mächten wunderbar getragen” and “Das ist die stillste Zeit im Jahr,” as well as by the Rü Dla Gana yodel from Ladin, which was an absolute novelty on the festival stage due to its sound. “The song ‘Von guten Mächten’ is our power song and it really got under our skin,” grateful regular guests wrote to us after their visit. Numerous other enthusiastic responses from the audience and exclusively positive media reports confirm the enthusiasm for this work: “It’s the same as so often,” wrote the organizer of a tour group from the Upper Palatinate, “you think it can’t get any better – and then it did. For me, this has been the most beautiful start to Advent I can imagine for over 20 years.“ ”The numerous current references, especially the reference to the missing Bodo Hell,” deeply moved a viewer who was attending the Salzburg Advent Singing for the first time this year.
Dr. Renate Stelzl & Mag. Martina C. Trummer
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