Haus für Mozart

But three seasons later, to end confusion in the minds of visitors unaware of the history, both theatres were renamed for their sizes, and the smaller was now the Kleines Festspielhaus.

The venue was inaugurated with Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play Das Salzburger große Welttheater directed by Max Reinhardt.

In anticipation of Salzburg-born Mozart's 250th anniversary in 2006, local politicians led by Landeshauptmann Franz Schausberger reached a financial agreement with the Republic of Austria to modernize and technically upgrade the theater.

Architects Wilhelm Holzbauer, a pupil of Holzmeister, and the Luxembourger François Valentiny drew up the plans, which included structural changes to the lobby area between the Felsenreitschule, another venue, and what would become the Haus für Mozart.

The front was used as the luxury hotel Nouveau Rothschild[1] in the action movie Knight and Day with Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise.