In the anniversary year of 200 years of “Silent Night”, the Salzburg Advent Singing in the Großes Festspielhaus focuses in particular on the history of the song’s origins.
A blind shepherd plays a central role in this Salzburg Advent carol. He knows about the prophecies of Micah and Isaiah from the Old Testament and senses the imminent arrival of the Redeemer.
In the seventieth year of its existence, the Salzburg Advent Singing returns to its beginnings. The wounds of war are still visible in Salzburg’s old town in 1946, but the reconstruction of the destroyed cathedral is already well advanced.