67th Bregenz Festival launched by Austrian President

 VIENNA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Austrian President Heinz Fischer on Wednesday opened the 67th annual Bregenz Festival, which will feature 80 opera, orchestral concerts, music and poetry, and drama activities this year under the theme of "Memories of the Future."

The annual music festival will take place by the Bodensee near the German and Swiss borders. Already some 166,000 tickets have been sold, local media reported.

Thursday's "Opera on the Lake," a traditional highlight¹ of the festival, this year will feature the revolutionary drama "Andre Chenier," a four-act opera by Umberto Giordano.

Bregenz Festival president Hans-Peter Metzler said in his opening speech for the event that it was a goal for festival organizers to allow art to "tread² its own unique way, from the known to the unknown, to the never before seen, never before heard, and in the best case, never before experienced³."

The Bregenz Festival will run from July 18 to August 18.

1 highlight   

n.加亮区；v.加亮，强调；[计算机]醒目

参考例句：

• Her performance was the highlight of the show.她的表演是那场演出中最精彩的部分。
• The highlight of this term is the school trip to Austria.这学期最重要的活动就是去奥地利的校外旅行。

2 tread   

vi.踩；行走；vt.踩烂（出）；n.胎面，脚步声

参考例句：

• A policeman walked by with a slow,measured tread.一名警察迈着小心的步子慢慢走过。
• We heard father's tread on the steps.我们听到台阶上父亲的脚步声。

3 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。