Austria R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 4.2.2023. (MB)
A fine performance of a stimulating new production of Salome in Vienna
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Barrie Kosky’s production of Don Giovanni revived at the Vienna State Opera
Austria Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus director: Thomas Lang) and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 3.2.2023. (MB)
Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic bring total coherence to Mahler’s Seventh Symphony
Austria Mahler: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Christoph Engel) on STAGE+ from the Musikverein, Golden Hall, Vienna, 15.1.2023. (JPr)
Netrebko leads a fine cast and an exceptional orchestra breathing life into a venerable Vienna La bohème
Austria Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Recorded (directed by Jakob Pitzer) at Vienna State Opera on 11.9.2022 and streamed on 14.2.2023. (JPr)
Keith Warner dreams up an interesting Die Meistersinger for Vienna State Opera
Austria Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Recorded (directed by Ella Gallieni) at Vienna State Opera, 11.12.2022. (JPr)
Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s Cardillac in Vienna is influenced by German Expressionist cinema
Austria Hindemith, Cardillac: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from Vienna State Opera, 13.11.2022. (JPr)
Martin Schläpfer attempts to reawaken Sleeping Beauty for the 2020s in Vienna
Austria Vienna State Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen): Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Patrick Lange (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Balázs Delbó) from the Vienna State Opera, 24.10.2022. (JPr)
Asmik Grigorian’s standout Jenůfa in a Vienna revival with no weak link in the cast
Austria Janáček, Jenůfa: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jakob Pitzer) from Vienna State Opera, 15.10.2022. (JPr)
