In 2016, the musical "West Side Story" with opera star Cecilia Bartoli was performed at the Felsenreitschule as part of the Salzburg Festival, along of many other operas and concerts.

The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One highlight is the annual performance of the play Jedermann (Everyman) by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.