Vienna – Seen and Heard International

Tomasz Konieczny is a very impressive Dutchman in Vienna’s shipbound Der fliegende Holländer

05/05/2026 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gallieni) from Vienna State Opera, 3.5.2026. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Dutchman) and Erica Eloff (Senta) © WS/Michael Pöhn

Tschernischova’s Vienna Giselle is a very familiar one, yet superbly danced in its latest revival

28/04/202627/04/2026 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Elena Tschernischova’s Giselle: Dancers of Vienna State Ballet, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Luciano Di Martino (conductor). Broadcast live from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Anna Gettel), 26.4.2026. (JPr)

Laura Fernandez Gromova (Giselle) and António Casalinho (Count Albrecht)

Another encounter with Kirill Serebrennikov’s production of Parsifal at the Vienna State Opera

13/04/202612/04/2026 by Mark Berry

Austria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Actors, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Axel Kober (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 8.4.2026. (MB)

[front] Nikolay Sidorenko (Younger Parsifal) and Jennifer Holloway (Kundry) © WS/Michael Pöhn

The stars, Mkhitaryan and Bernheim, align in Massenet’s Manon revived at Vienna State Opera

20/01/202619/01/2026 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Betrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from the Vienna State Opera 17.1.2026. (JPr)

Benjamin Bernheim (Des Grieux) and Kristina Mkhitaryan (Manon) © Weiner Staatsoper

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

02/01/2026 by Jim Pritchard

Austria 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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Tomasz Konieczny is a very impressive Dutchman in Vienna’s shipbound Der fliegende Holländer

Tschernischova’s Vienna Giselle is a very familiar one, yet superbly danced in its latest revival

Another encounter with Kirill Serebrennikov’s production of Parsifal at the Vienna State Opera

The stars, Mkhitaryan and Bernheim, align in Massenet’s Manon revived at Vienna State Opera

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

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

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

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