Vienna

Thoroughly enjoyable Vienna Die Fledermaus revival has Kaufmann’s first Eisenstein on the stage

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AustriaAustria Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Dancers of the Vienna State Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Markus Poschner (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Jakob Pitzer) from the Vienna State Opera, 31.12.2025. (JPr)

Jörg Schneider (Alfred), Diana Damrau (Rosalinde) and Jonas Kaufmann (Eisenstein) © Wiener Staatsoper

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Misconceived and clichéd: the puppetry of the new Vienna Fidelio eclipses its singers and orchestra

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AustriaAustria Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna State Opera, 19.12.2025. (JPr)

Rocco’s ‘gold’ aria – [l-r] Kathrin Zukowski (Marzelline), Tareq Nazmi (Rocco) and Malin Byström (Leonore) © Werner Kmetitsch/WS

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Vienna’s darkly dramatic Pelléas et Mélisande is sung exceptionally by Villazón, Lindsey and Keenlyside

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AustriaAustria Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Gallieni) from Vienna State Opera, 2.11.2025. (JPr)

Rolando Villazón (Pelléas) and Kate Lindsey (Mélisande) © WS/Michael Pöhn

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Talent of the Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker on show at the Musikverein

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AustriaAustria Castérède, Wagner, Berio, Spohr, J. Strauss II: Nora Gubisch (mezzo-soprano), Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker / Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Brahms-Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 24.10.2025. (LJ)

Members of the Orchesterakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker in the Brahms-Saal © Barbara Wirl

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Vienna State Opera’s Tosca is almost as good as new in the production’s 665th outing

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AustriaAustria Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor). Directed for the screen by Anna Gettel and broadcast from the Vienna State Opera on 27.9.2025. (JPr)

Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi) and Elena Stikhina (Floria Tosca) © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

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Vienna State Opera’s past, present and future as Garanča, Kaufmann and Bernheim star in the open air

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AustriaAustria Vienna State Opera’s Opern Air: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from the Burggarten, Vienna, 7.12.2025 and available from 18 September on arte.tv. (JPr)

Elīna Garanča © WS/Martina Berger

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Eyvazov is a compelling Hermann and Netrebko an expressive Lisa in a Vienna revival of The Queen of Spades

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AustriaAustria Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Timur Zangiev (conductor). Livestreamed from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Dominik Kepczynski), 27.6.2025. (JPr)

Yusif Eyvazov (Hermann) and Anna Netrebko (Lisa) © WS/Michael Pöhn

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Il trovatore in Vienna: Stoyanova, Beczała, Semenchuk and Salsi are great; if perhaps not Caruso’s ‘best’

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AustriaAustria Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gettel) from the Vienna State Opera, 30.5.2025. (JPr)

Luca Salsi (Count di Luna) © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

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