Experience Salzburg Marionette Theater’s UNESCO-listed Nutcracker ballet. Witness world-class puppet mastery in a historic baroque setting. Book your tickets now!
- Salzburg Marionette Theater - In this unique baroque audience hall with 350 seats there have been operas, musicals, plays and fairytales that have occurred here such as:
The Nutcracker - Tchaikowskys fantastic ballet, staged here for young and old. Explanations in German and English. Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes.
The Salzburg Marionette Theatre employs 12 puppeteers, trained in a wide variety of trades and professions. Qualities common to all of them are musicality, manual skill, and the ability to emphathise with the various characters in order to bring alive the marionettes on the stage. The Salzburg Marionette Theatre has evolved its own technique, which is used as a model by many marionette theatres worldwide. The puppeteers’ training, which takes place exclusively in the theatre itself, demands just as much time and perseverance as learning to play a musical instrument.
Shows are subject to seasonality and won’t all be available at one time. Be sure to check back to see what new shows will be playing next.
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The Salzburg Marionette Theater, renowned worldwide, has captivated numerous children and adults over the course of its hundred-year history. Since 2016, this extraordinary theater has enjoyed the honor of being part of the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Recognized as the ‘most advanced puppet and figurine theater,’ its performance technique has been deemed a valuable cultural tradition deserving of preservation. In the distinctive baroque theater setting, audiences are treated to a variety of performances, ranging from Mozart’s Magic Flute or the treasured Salzburg classic The Sound of Music to Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet, and stage adaptations of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream or Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. Younger audiences are certain to enjoy shows like Peter and the Wolf or Rumpelstiltskin. The purchase covers the cost of a single entry ticket to a show of choice and does not include transportation or other services.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult, infant seats are available on request
- Dress code is smart casual, no short trousers in the evening
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
