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For six weeks spanning July and August, the world’s most renowned conductors and orchestras perform in various locations in the Austria’s southernmost province, Carinthia. Ossiach Abbey, an 11th-century monastery, has remained a main venue site since it hosted the first Carinthian festival, in 1969. Ensembles play at the abbey’s church and its baroque hall, Villach‘s Congress Centre, and Glanegg Castle, as well as other scenic settings throughout the mountainous province. The Festival has built its musical reputation on the rare genre known as the “church opera.” Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary