Cecilia Bartoli, artistic director of Salzburg Whitsun Festival, has announced today details of the next year’s edition, which will take place from 21 to 24 May 2021.

For the first time in many years, Bartoli will sing the entire role of Sesto, in a concert performance of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito. The cast includes Charles Workman (Tito), Anna Prohaska (Vitellia), Lea Desandre (Annio), Mélissa Petit (Servilia), Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Gianluca Capuano.

The rest of the programmation is as follows :

• Puccini – Tosca (concert performance), with Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Orchestre e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta
• Haendel – Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, directed by Robert Carsen, with Mélissa Petit (Bellezza), Cecilia Bartoli (Piacere), Charles Workman (Tempo), Lawrence Zazzo (Disinganno), Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Gianluca Capuano.
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Cain, overo Il primo omicidio, conducted by Philippe Jaroussky, with ensemble Artaserse.