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Cultural hedonism gets explored as Tannhäuser returns to Vienna State Opera in a new production

28/05/202527/05/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominic Kepczynski) from the Vienna State Opera, 25.5.2025. (JPr)

Clay Hilley (Tannhäuser) and Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus) © Michael Poehn/Wiener Staatsoper

A Vienna Lohengrin that demanded to be heard and was also worth seeing

16/05/202508/05/2025 by Mark Berry

Austria Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Extra Chorus, and Choir Academy, Stage Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 1.5.2025 (MB)

Gottfried (child of the opera school) and Camilla Nylund (Elsa) © Michael Pöhn/WS

A fine cast in Serebrennikov’s important, thought-provoking Vienna State Opera Parsifal

27/04/2025 by Mark Berry

Austria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Actors, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Axel Kober (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 23.4.2025. (MB)

Andrew Turner (Squire) and Günther Groissböck (Amfortas) © WS/Michael Pöhn

A much-revived Arabella continues to delight at the Vienna State Opera

25/04/2025 by Mark Berry

Austria R. Strauss, Arabella: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 22.4.2025. (MB)

Sabine Deveilhe (Zdenka) and Camilla Nylund (Arabella) © WS/Michael Pöhn

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta headlines an exceptional cast in Vienna’s intriguing new production

07/04/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Galliani) from Vienna State Opera, 6.4.2025. (JPr)

Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta at the Vienna State Opera © Michael Pöhn/WS

Lise Davidsen is delightfully diva-ish in Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s ironic Vienna Ariadne auf Naxos

02/02/202501/02/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from the Vienna State Opera, 28.1.2025. (JPr)

Ariadne (Lise Davidsen) and the Nymphs © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

Seven Otto Schenk streams from Vienna State Opera free until 31 January as a tribute

06/02/202523/01/2025 by AUTHOR

IN MEMORIAM OTTO SCHENK

Otto Schenk during a rehearsal for *Der Rosenkavalier*, 2010 © Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn

All streams are available to you free of charge from Friday, 24 January at 7 pm until Friday, 31 January at 7 pm via the following link – CLICK HERE.

Pfitzner’s Palestrina is conducted by Thielemann, the opera’s tireless advocate, and triumphs in Vienna

05/01/202517/12/2024 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from the Vienna State Opera, 12.12.2024. (JPr)

Michael Laurenz (Bernardo Novagerio) and Wolfgang Koch (Cardinal Borromeo) © Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn

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