Salzburg State Theater © Neumayr / Christian Leopold
THE PLACE TO CELEBRATE
SALZBURGER LANDESTHEATER
Salzburg offers a diverse range of concerts, operas, musicals, ballet performances and theater productions, and with the Salzburg State Theater has a renowned house that combines all areas.
Located right next to the beautiful Mirabell Gardens, it is one of the city’s most historically and culturally significant institutions and impresses with its architecture as well as its artistic program.
The Salzburg State Theater is just a few minutes’ walk from our Salzburg hotels: approx. 4 minutes’ walk from the Hotel am Mirabellplatz and approx. 10 minutes’ walk from the IMLAUER Hotel Pitter Salzburg and the IMLAUER & Bräu Hotels Salzburg away.
Experience special performances in a wonderful ambience and then relax and enjoy yourself in our IMLAUER Hotels & Restaurants.
A diverse program
Opera, drama, ballet and the youth division “Junges Land” work together under the umbrella of the theater as four lively and distinguished divisions. The theater puts on around 400 performances each season, which runs from September to June. In addition to around 25 new productions per season, many classics also attract visitors to the theater on Makartplatz.
The Program 2024/25 shines with virtuoso performances of musicals such as “The Rocky Horror Show”, plays such as “Faust” or “The Visit of the Old Lady” and operas such as “Der Freischütz” through to ballet performances such as “Frida’s World”.
September 2025 sees the start of the new season 2025/26which also promises great cultural enjoyment. These include plays such as “Don Giovanni”, “Carmen”, “The Sound of Music”, “Ballhaus”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Faust”, “Berlin Alexanderplatz” and “Eugene Onegin”.
Frida’s world © SLT Tobias Witzgall
Salzburg State Theater © Anna-Maria Löffelberger
400 years of Theater am Mirabellgarten
The Salzburg State Theater looks back on a long tradition. As early as 1625, there was a so-called “Ballhaus” on this site, where not only sporting ball games, but also festive balls and theater performances were held.
Under Prince Archbishop Colloredo, the ballroom was replaced by a “Prince Archbishop’s Court Theater” in 1775. Dramas by Friedrich Schiller were performed here, as was Mozart’s opera “The Abduction from the Seraglio”.
The current theater building was built in 1892/93 and was designed by the then well-known architect duo Fellner & Helmer. Both audiences and artists alike found the theater building particularly successful with its neo-baroque architecture.
In addition to the main stage, the theater was given a classical studio stage in October 1971 with the “Kammerspiele” in the former Mirabellcasino, which has since been used for various formats of contemporary and classical drama.
On September 27, 2025, the impressive history of the Salzburger Landestheater will be celebrated at an anniversary gala. In keeping with the theater’s concept, all art groups and all artistic and technical departments of the Salzburg State Theater will be part of this celebration.
