Salzburger Festspiele

Luigi Caputo’s pictures tell of a magical world, a world of miraculous transformations full of graceful beauty and fairytale-like elegance. Fascinating views of the mysterious places behind the stage and a tribute to the artists of the Salzburg Festival.

Luigi Caputo

27 × 27 cm
248 pages
152 photos
English, German
Hardcover, bound in linen
„French Fold“-jacket
ISBN 978-3-903101-97-5
July 2023

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Authors

  • Luigi Caputo

    Luigi Caputo was born in Rome. After finishing a graphic design school, he studied architecture. The award-winning photographer began his collaboration [...] more

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Luigi Caputo’s pictures testify to the fact that the Salzburg Festival, thanks to its excellence of knowledge, tradition, innovation and creativity, is regarded worldwide as a paragon of theatrical perfection. Caputo shows how some of the greatest stars of the opera world curiously try on their costumes or how some of the most gifted costume designers develop their designs full of passionate competence. With nearly Buddhist discipline, he observes how much great passion it takes to rehearse a piece as it was dreamed of, how much sweat and even more strength it costs to transform a musical composition into a work of art made of movements. The result is a visual narrative full of naturalness and grace, sometimes full of doubt and often full of joy, full of touching magic and unvarnished intimacy, full of friendly trust and moments of happiness, full of wonderful and very personal emotions: a homage to the artists of the Salzburg Festival.

Reviews

Der Standard open_in_new

19 August 2023: "Of course, the Salzburg Festival, to which photographer Luigi Caputo has dedicated a linen-bound homage on the finest paper, is much more than Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Play of the Rich Man's Dying". Since 1994, the Roman-born photographer has accompanied the goings-on in the festival city - on stage, behind the scenes, in the dressing rooms and the narrow alleyways, which also play a fixed role in the staged spectacle. Caputo's magnificent volume is nothing more and nothing less than a who's who of the theatrical magic world full of creativity, beauty and witty horror."

DGPh – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie open_in_new

25 August 2023: "A highly recommended book for theater enthusiasts and a document of the various productions of the Salzburg Festival. A successful publication, beautifully designed with a factually functional book design, which does artistic justice to the group of works shown. The book is a tribute to the Salzburg Festival, the artists performing there and the special ambience of the city of Mozart. The illustrated book with its thematic picture series provides an interesting insight into Caputo's photography and will inspire further discourse on the stylistic variations in theater photography."

Description

Luigi Caputo’s pictures testify to the fact that the Salzburg Festival, thanks to its excellence of knowledge, tradition, innovation and creativity, is regarded worldwide as a paragon of theatrical perfection. Caputo shows how some of the greatest stars of the opera world curiously try on their costumes or how some of the most gifted costume designers develop their designs full of passionate competence. With nearly Buddhist discipline, he observes how much great passion it takes to rehearse a piece as it was dreamed of, how much sweat and even more strength it costs to transform a musical composition into a work of art made of movements. The result is a visual narrative full of naturalness and grace, sometimes full of doubt and often full of joy, full of touching magic and unvarnished intimacy, full of friendly trust and moments of happiness, full of wonderful and very personal emotions: a homage to the artists of the Salzburg Festival.

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Weight2.8 kg / 6.17 lbs
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