FULL SALZBURGER ADVENTSINGEN Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe! Salzburg 2024

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: SALZBURGER ADVENTSINGEN   
• Composer: Klemens Vereno, traditional  
• Libretto: Hans Köhl    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria  
• Recorded: December 2024
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Eva Maria Schinwald, Bernhard Teufl, Elisabeth Eder, Silke Kiener, Edwin Hochmuth
• Conductor: Herbert Böck  
• Orchestra: Salzburger Saitenmusikensemble, Salzburger Geigenmusik, Bläserensemble Juvavum Brass, Salzburger Blattbläserensemble, Salzburger Hirtenkinder  
• Chorus: Der Salzburger Volksliedchor, VOKALENSEMBLE HOHES C, Vokalensemble CMM  
• Stage Director: Gerda Gratzer  
• Stage Designer: Dietmar Solt  
• Costume Designer: Brigitte Schiebler  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: ORF  
• Date Published: 2024  
• Format: Broadcast
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, desubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

“Faith, hope, love!” – this year’s Salzburg Advent singing is based on these three divine virtues and the Old Testament Song of Songs. The focus is on the love story between Mary and Joseph, and this year’s performance will bring it particularly close to life.

“But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, but the greatest of these is love,” Paul of Tarsus recognized in his first letter to the Corinthians. In connection with the Song of Songs and the three virtues, this Advent singing becomes a story of two lovers whose togetherness not only brings joy, but also suffering. However, their strong faith forms a foundation that withstands all the unexpected. Their faith is a prerequisite for the hope that all the inexplicable probably has a deeper meaning.

Thoughts on the Work

In all of our works, it is important to me to connect the Advent events of the birth of Christ with today, this time with texts that were written well over 2000 years ago. In this Salzburg Advent singing, the three divine virtues of faith, hope, love and the Old Testament Song of Songs are included in the Advent reflections. For me, the texts from the Song of Songs are among the most beautiful testimonies of world literature. This collection of secular love songs, in which God is not mentioned, is nevertheless attributed to divine revelation and points out in a wonderful way that sexuality is also of divine origin.

“But now faith, hope and love remain, these three, but the greatest of these is love,” Paul of Tarsus already recognized in his first letter to the Corinthians. In connection with the Song of Songs and the three virtues, this Advent song becomes a story of two lovers whose togetherness not only experiences joy but also suffering. However, their strong faith forms a foundation that withstands all the unexpected. Their faith is a prerequisite for the hope that all the inexplicable probably has a deeper meaning.

This deeper meaning leads to a divine love in which we are all protected. Love, this great, magical secret in our existence, experiences its greatest miracle in the mystery of the birth of every child. In the Advent event, this love leads us to the birth of Christ, to the divine miracle of the Holy Night.

Hans Köhl, overall management, book, programming

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