Salzburg summer scene begins in the stone theater: touches in a petrified world

“The place is a challenge,” says Helene Weinzierl during a break in rehearsals. Instead of a smooth stage floor, the six performers move on hard and slippery gravel. The weather has to play along so that the premiere can succeed. And the stony walls that delimit the area create its own condensed atmosphere: “We always have to work against it a bit so that the whole thing doesn’t get too difficult,” says the Salzburg choreographer.

Above all, it is “a very exciting …