Miss Schwarzkopf played the Marschallin in that production, which the festival had staged for the film.
The first festival to be regularly staged was the Jazz Festival which is held in Walpole Park.
That festival is still staged, though on a far more modest scale than the version seen in the film.
The advent of tragedy, in particular, is credited to the Athenians with festivals staged during specific times of year.
The festival last staged "The Tempest" in Spanish in 1991 and in English in 1981, not in 1962.
A festival previously staged in London, Ontario, celebrating out-and-out, dirty, muddy old noise as an ingredient of improvised art music.
In 1981, the festival staged some events in nearby Raleigh.
Then the festival staged an evening round of openings, filling the streets of the city with lights, music, art and crowds.
The festival also stages an annual competition for new and emerging franco-Ontarian bands, La Brunante.
June 24-July 28: The playwriting festival offers staged readings of new works by 15 writers.