As a former press photographer of the Salzburg Festival, the "master of the Leica" Oskar Anrather has countless pictures in his repertoire. But what embodies the Festival more than Hugo von Hofmannsthal's infamous Jedermann? The story is timeless and the performers numerous. After 700 performances and 100 years on stage, it is linked to the Salzburg Festival like no other play.
A selection of the best pictures was on display in the summer of 2021 in his exhibition "Das Spiel vom Sterben des Reichen Mannes" in the Red Salon of Schloss Leopoldskron. The time span of the selected pictures represents over thirty years, from 1965 to 1998. Oskar Anrather's photographs are outstanding. During rehearsals and performances he photographed inconspicuously and discreetly. With his Leica, he captured the characters of the performers with their different facets. The photographs touch, impress, inspire wonder and reflect his great talent as a photographer. One remembers the top-class casts and some reminisce while looking at them. With the help of his grandson Christoph Anrather, an exhibition has been created that is a wonderful tribute to the photographer who passed away in 2016. Christoph Anrather rummaged through various archives for a long time and collected countless photos.
The exhibition has come about in cooperation with the Leica Galerie Salzburg.
