An avid fan of Salzburg's Whitsun Festival, Opera Chic went to the sweetly boring Austrian town in May 2007 and 2008, enjoying Cimarosa's Il Ritorno di Don Calandrino and Paisiello's Il Matrimonio Inaspettato.
This year, though, she's staying home, because as yummy as Demel's Esterhazytorte, as historically informed Tomaselli's coffee is, between the fact that Jommelli's musical talent is not on the same level of Paisiello's absolute genius and that Demofoonte, no disrespect intended, is simply not as engaging as Calandrino's crazy antics, OC chose to sit this edition out.
This is not to say that the travelers who decide to shell out for the notoriously expensive tickets won't enjoy a serious treat -- the festival opens tomorrow night and the production looks great; and Riccardo Muti's baton is, like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy.
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More pictures after the jump.