Morzart House
Mozart House is a must-visit for those involved in theater design.
Introducing the Mozart House performance venue at the world-renowned Salzburg Festival.
The Salzburg region in Austria, known as a city where music flows year-round, is the hometown of great composers like Mozart. Located in the western part of Austria and boasting a century-long history, it hosts a summer festival every year. In addition to Mozart House, there are also the Grand Festival Theater and the Felsenreitschule performance venue, where you can enjoy various performances during the festival season.
Mozart House Balcony People (commonly known as 'Newspaper Readers')
Mozart House Mural Space
Mozart House Audience Conversing in the Lounge Before and During Intermission
Mozart House Lounge
Video Projector Casting Images onto the Ceiling-Mounted Disc in the Mozart House Lounge
High-End Lighting and Chandelier Used in the Mozart House Lounge
Most of the audience members seem to have put a lot of thought into their attire when coming to enjoy the festival.
Wherever you go, there are ceiling frescoes and chandeliers that illuminate the frescoes. Lighting that illuminates the ceiling is essential for bringing the ceiling frescoes and space to life.
Mozart House Audience Seating
Mozart House Stage View
Mozart House Audience Balcony
Mozart House Audience Balcony
Mozart House Audience Seating
Mozart House Balcony Front Device Buttons
Mozart House is a theater with a capacity of 1,300 seats.
The finishing on the side walls appears to be made of stone, likely described as red marble.
There are no aisles in the middle of the seats. Therefore, if your seat is in the center, you should enter and take your seat earlier than other audience members. This is an etiquette.
Moreover, the distance between rows in the seating area is quite short, so it can be very awkward to exit from the center seats once the performance has started.
View of the Stage from Below the Mozart House Balcony
Curtain Call at the End of a Performance at Mozart House
One thing I always feel while watching performances is that if the stage design lacks sufficient lighting, it can affect concentration. However, the Salzburg Festspielhaus was very well-lit. It's said they redesigned it for this festival.
Even photos taken from a distance, with a distance of about 15 meters from the stage, show that the lighting is quite bright.
The most important thing in stage lighting is the brightness and color of the lighting. Most subjects have their own colors, so there's no need to add color to the lighting. The moment you add color to the lighting, it becomes dark, and immersion is greatly reduced. In domestic performances, it's often very dark.
Mozart House backstage view
Mozart House backstage after the curtain falls
Mozart House lighting on the truss
Gallery taken from the stage of Mozart House
Mozart House boundary at the entrance
People riding bicycles back home after a performance at Mozart House.
Even on a late evening after the performance, Salzburg Castle is brightly lit with landscape lighting.
Seating arrangement diagram at Mozart House.
