Good result from a fairly uneventful summer fest:
The Salzburg Festival Directorate – Kristina Hammer, Markus Hinterhäuser and Lukas Crepaz – is pleased to announce a 98.4% percentage of occupied seats. 256.600 guests from 88 countries, including 49 non-European ones, attended this year’s Festival.
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