Salzburg Festival: history and repertoire, 1922–1926 Mozart for the first season — the three Da Ponte operas and "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" [The Abduction from the Seraglio]. In the founding years the festival did not have the means to produce entire opera productions. So Strauss and Schalk brought the settings, the singers, the orchestra and the chorus from Vienna State Opera to Salzburg. The press critically noted that the opera program of the festival constituted ″the summer residence of Vienna State Opera″. Nevertheless, the performances were superb due to the orchestra, the chorus and the great singers. They came from all over Europa and created
Lisette Oropesa Cleveland; the St Matthew Passion in Chicago; "Abduction from the Seraglio" in Bellingham, Washington; and a reprise of her 2010 performance in "Le Nozze di Figaro" at Ravinia Festival. Opera engagements included Nannetta at the Dutch National Opera; Gilda at Grand Théâtre de Genève; and Konstanze at the Bavarian State Opera. Her last performance of 2014 was her debut at the Los Angeles Opera as Rosalba in Daniel Catán's "Florencia en el Amazonas". In 2015, she started the year at the Paris Opera as Konstanze with success "Oropesa, seguita da Marten aller Arten, cantata con accenti incisivi e appassionata recitazione."