La couleur du temps – The Colour of Time
Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821 – 1910)
Salzburg Whitsun Festival
29 May – 1 June 2020
(SF, 7 June 2019) The life of Pauline Viardot-Garcia – singer, European ambassador of music,
outstanding pianist and composer – is the focus of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival’s programme
in 2020.
Before 1800, it was mainly men and castrati whose outstanding artistic personalities shaped
musical and social life. At the beginning of the 19th century, however, an increasing number of
women assumed this role – the ‘divo’ became a ‘diva’.
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