!!!Bregenzer Festspiele

Bregenz Festival, in 1946 first performance on the lake; in the first 
years mainly operettas were performed. In 1949 the floating stage was 
opened which enabled the use of state-of-the-art stage machinery and 
special effects; in 1980 the new Festival Hall was opened. Since the 
70s operettas have been replaced by operas ("The Flying Dutchman", in 
1973; "Carmen", in 1974; "Turandot", in 1979); the productions by J. 
Savary ("The Tales of Hoffmann", in 1987; "The Magic Flute", in 1985; 
"Carmen", in 1991) achieved renown and have made the Bregenz Festival 
one of the internationally outstanding summer festivals.

!Literature
S. Fritsch, Die Situation des professionellen Theaters der 
Nachkriegszeit in Vorarlberg mit besonderer Beruecksichtigung der 
Bregenzer Festspiele (1945-74), doctoral thesis, Vienna in 1975; 
E. Baer, Spiel auf dem See. Die Bregenzer Festspiele von der 
Gruendung bis zur Gegenwart, 1984.


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