Sculptures at the Salzburger Residenplatz: Contract criticism,...

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Figaro, Elektra, Don Giovanni, Turandot, Otello and Carmen are standing on metal scaffolds this year at Residenzplatz in Salzburg. Why only, we asked the German sculptor Stephan Balkenhol.

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Figaro, Elektra, Don Giovanni, Turandot, Othello, and Carmen: These are the six operatic characters who have populated Salzburg's Residenzplatz since today, Saturday. The renowned sculptor Stephan Balkenhol, whose sculpture "Sphaera," also known as the Golden Sphere, is one of the city's most popular photo subjects in the nearby Kapitelplatz, created the colorful bronze sculptures, some up to two meters tall, depicting characters from the world …