In baroque Salzburg, long Austria's wealthiest city, G.I.s had a complaint to make last week. Their favorite movie theater, the Army's "Roxy," had been taken from them. For one month it was once more Festspielhaus for the century-old music festival in honor of Native Son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
It was Salzburg's first full-blown festival since 1937; last year's was a worthy try, but dismal. This year nostalgic Austrians hoped to recapture the pomp and glitter of pre-Anschluss Salzburg; what they got, judging by last week's opening performances, was a reasonable facsimile.
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