Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s stage classic “Everyman” has always fascinated audiences: the new production of this year’s Salzburg Festival with Philipp Hochmair in the title role, broadcast yesterday, Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 8:15 p.m. on ORF 2, also attracted viewers Screens. Up to 384,000 spectators did not want to miss the completely sold-out performance of the “Rich Man’s Dying Game” in Salzburg. On average, 329,000 watched the recording of the premiere on July 20th, with a market share of 18%. The Canadian Robert Carsen was responsible for the scenic “Everyman” realignment. At Philipp Hochmair’s side, Swiss-born Deleila Piasko played the role. André Turnheim is responsible for the ORF picture direction with a total of ten cameras.
Even more Hochmair Festival on ORF television: with film premieres, documentaries, “kulturMontag Spezial”
After the “Everyman” broadcast, director Robert Carsen, leading actor Philipp Hochmair, “Buhlschaft” Deleila Piasko and the “Everyman party band” – Robert Kainar and his ensemble 013 – are guests of ORF-TV culture director Martin Traxl in the “kulturMontag Spezial”. “, which will be broadcast live from the Malersaal in the Great Festival Hall on July 29th at 10:30 p.m. on ORF 2. Afterwards, the documentary “Philipp Hochmair – A Journey with Everyone” (12:10 a.m., ORF 2) about the actor’s very personal approach to the stage classic is on the program. On the day of the “Everyman” premiere, on July 20th, the documentary “Everyman on the Road” was shown on ORF III, in which the Syrian author Omar Khir Alanam follows in the footsteps of Max Reinhardt and answers questions together with Philipp Hochmair in Salzburg to questions about home and displacement, exile and identity. The film is still available on ORF ON. As an actor, Hochmair can also be seen in the ORF premiere of “Charité III”, the sequel to the award-winning historical TV hospital drama – part one on July 26th, episodes two and three on August 2nd and 9th, respectively Fridays at 8:15 p.m. on ORF 2 (and on ORF ON). Another ORF premiere with Philipp Hochmair is the feature film “Little Marriage Crimes” on Wednesday, July 31st, at 8:15 p.m. on ORF 2 (and on ORF ON). On Monday, August 5th, at 7:40 p.m. on ORF III (and on ORF ON), Peter Fässlacher will talk to “Everyman” Hochmair and “Buhlschaft” Piasko in a “Kultur Today Special” from Salzburg about the new production.
The next ORF cultural highlights from Salzburg on television
Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann” (Friday, August 16th, live with a time delay, 9:20 p.m., ORF 2; Saturday, August 31st, 7:30 p.m., Ö1), Sergei Prokofiev’s first major opera “The Player” (Saturday, August 17th, 7:30 p.m., Ö1; Saturday, August 24th, 8:15 p.m., 3sat; Sunday, September 8th, 11:15 p.m., ORF III) with star soprano Asmik Grigorian, as well as the one under the title “The RSO at the Salzburg Festival : Music as Resistance” (Tuesday, August 6th, 11:20 p.m., ORF 2) recorded short opera “Il prigioniero” by Luigi Dallapiccola, which is part of a Salzburg guest performance evening by the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, broadcast entirely on Ö1. Asmik Grigorian is also the soloist in a concert conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, which can be experienced on ORF III under the title “Two Superstars for the Vienna Philharmonic” (Sunday, August 25th, live at 8:15 p.m.). Other top concert dates from Salzburg include: the “Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic: Gustav Mahler’s 9th Symphony” (Sunday, August 11th, 11:00 a.m.), conducted by Andris Nelsons and shown live by ORF 2, as well as the one on this day under the TV title “A Festival for Mozart” (9:10 p.m., ORF III) live, time-shifted performance by the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra under the direction of its designated chief conductor Roberto González-Monjas.
Further details on the ORF Salzburg focus with operas, concerts, accompanying documentaries, artist portraits and conversations, magazine programs and detailed cultural reporting are available at presse.ORF.at. An overview of all Ö1 concert dates and contributions is also available below https://oe1.ORF.at/festspielsender available.