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Austrian Government Opens Bregenz Festival 2025 with Appeal for Visionary and Responsible "Mindset"
The Bregenz Festival 2025 had been officially opened. The opening ceremony, which attracted high-ranking representatives from politics and culture, focused on Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Austrian Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler. Both argued in their speeches that we are living in a forward-looking and critical time, emphasizing the importance of showing courage and responsibility.
The opening speeches were followed by the cultural kick-off with George Enescu's rarely performed tragedy “Oedipe,” the new house opera of this year's festival. / Picture: © Österreichische Präsidentschaftskanzlei / Peter Lechner/HBF
It was inevitable that in Austria, of all places, at the opening of the Bregenz Festival in Freischütz, politicians would try to sound a note of caution in the turbulent times in which we live. In his speech, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen described the current world situation as a time of multiple crises – from global pressure on liberal democracy and human rights to…
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