Salzburg today declared 98.2 percent ticket sales.
Bayreuth put up sold-out notices.
Lucerne has yet to announce but it’s clear that the elite festivals are back where they were before Covid.
Which is good for festival finances, but the humility has gone. The rich have inherited the earth all over again.
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