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High art & low taxes.(MUSIC)(interviews of Salzburg Festival personalities)(Interview)
Salzburg, Austria
LAST year, the Salzburg Festival staged the mother of all Mozart blowouts: It was his 250th birthday, you know. This year, things are more normal, with a variety of composers in the showcase. Not that Wolfi is banished altogether.
You may ask, "What is the Salzburg Festival?" and you are perfectly entitled. This is, by general agreement, the most prestigious music festival in the world. (There's theater, too, but we'll pass over that.) One of the publicists here says, "The Salzburg Festival is to classical music what Cannes is to films." The comparison may be a little cheesy, but it's not inapt.
Amid the many musical ...
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