Der Freischütz 2018-06-20T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-20T22:00:00+02:00 In all opera literature, few works have been subjected to such extreme and frequent paradigm shifts as Weber’s<i> Der Freischuütz</i>. While some considered him the originator of natural folk style, others regarded him as the “most German” of composers (Wagner); while some considered the uncanny to be a central plot element, others felt that fate or even nature, more specifically the forest, truly played the lead role (Pfitzner). Later people said that Weber was a successor to French Revolution opera, or that with his use of folk song he followed after Haydn and Beethoven. Regardless of all these considerations, <i>Der Freischuütz</i> – a “Romanticopera” in the widest sense of the term – is a popular and definitive work of the German-language repertoire. Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria von Weber Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz
  • Conductor Tomáš Netopil
  • Director Christian Räth
  • With Camilla Nylund, Daniela Fally, Alan Held, Andreas Schager, Albert Dohmen, Hans Peter Kammerer
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Falstaff 2018-06-21T19:30:00+02:00 2018-06-21T22:15:00+02:00 Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff
  • Conductor James Conlon
  • Director David McVicar
  • With Ambrogio Maestri, Christopher Maltman, Jinxu Xiahou, Olga Bezsmertna, Monika Bohinec
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Lohengrin 2018-06-22T18:00:00+02:00 2018-06-22T22:30:00+02:00 <div></div> <div>In 1845, Richard Wagner began his conceptual work on Lohengrin, which was to be his sixth complete opera. He took up the medieval tale of the Swan Knight from various old versions, which he changed and simplified for his purpose, as he later did with the Nibelung legend.&nbsp;Stylistically, Lohengrin is a transitional work. Especially regarding instrumentation, Lohengrin marked&nbsp;a big step forward in Wagner's musical development - thus, for the first time in his oeuvre the orchestra carries the action on stage. &nbsp;</div> <div>In his production, director Andreas Homoki locates the action in the small world of a mountain village in the 19th or early 20th Century - scaled down like a model - to tell the story in a way that speaks to the spectators and relates to their own experience of life here and today. Moreover, Homoki thus places seemingly known things in an unexpected context, in which they seem strange but can be newly recognised and better understood.&nbsp;</div> Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
Richard Wagner Lohengrin
  • Conductor Sebastian Weigle
  • Director Andreas Homoki
  • With Günther Groissböck, Robert Dean Smith, Annette Dasch, Jukka Rasilainen, Elena Zhidkova, Adrian Eröd
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Der Freischütz 2018-06-20T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-20T22:00:00+02:00 In all opera literature, few works have been subjected to such extreme and frequent paradigm shifts as Weber’s<i> Der Freischuütz</i>. While some considered him the originator of natural folk style, others regarded him as the “most German” of composers (Wagner); while some considered the uncanny to be a central plot element, others felt that fate or even nature, more specifically the forest, truly played the lead role (Pfitzner). Later people said that Weber was a successor to French Revolution opera, or that with his use of folk song he followed after Haydn and Beethoven. Regardless of all these considerations, <i>Der Freischuütz</i> – a “Romanticopera” in the widest sense of the term – is a popular and definitive work of the German-language repertoire. Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria von Weber Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen (fünf Bildern) Opera
Carl Maria von Weber

Der Freischütz

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21 Tomorrow, Thursday
Falstaff 2018-06-21T19:30:00+02:00 2018-06-21T22:15:00+02:00 Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
19:30 - 22:15
1 intermission
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Giuseppe Verdi

Falstaff

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22 The day after tomorrow, Friday
Lohengrin 2018-06-22T18:00:00+02:00 2018-06-22T22:30:00+02:00 <div></div> <div>In 1845, Richard Wagner began his conceptual work on Lohengrin, which was to be his sixth complete opera. He took up the medieval tale of the Swan Knight from various old versions, which he changed and simplified for his purpose, as he later did with the Nibelung legend.&nbsp;Stylistically, Lohengrin is a transitional work. Especially regarding instrumentation, Lohengrin marked&nbsp;a big step forward in Wagner's musical development - thus, for the first time in his oeuvre the orchestra carries the action on stage. &nbsp;</div> <div>In his production, director Andreas Homoki locates the action in the small world of a mountain village in the 19th or early 20th Century - scaled down like a model - to tell the story in a way that speaks to the spectators and relates to their own experience of life here and today. Moreover, Homoki thus places seemingly known things in an unexpected context, in which they seem strange but can be newly recognised and better understood.&nbsp;</div> Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
18:00 - 22:30
2 intermissions
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Richard Wagner

Lohengrin

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23 23.06.2018
Galakonzert KS Edita Gruberova 2018-06-23T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-23T21:30:00+02:00 In this Gala concert, the &quot;Grand Dame&quot; of the opera will perform arias and scenes from <i>La traviata, Don Giovanni, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Roberto Devereux</i>&nbsp;and<i>&nbsp;Idomeneo</i>.&nbsp; Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
19:00 - 21:30
1 intermission
anlässlich ihres 50jährigen Bühnenjubiläums Concert

Galakonzert KS Edita Gruberova

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Kammermusik der Wiener Philharmoniker 10 2018-06-23T11:00:00+02:00 2018-06-23T12:30:00+02:00 Gustav Mahler-Saal Gustav Mahler-Saal
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24 24.06.2018
Falstaff 2018-06-24T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-24T21:45:00+02:00 Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
19:00 - 21:45
1 intermission
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Giuseppe Verdi

Falstaff

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25 25.06.2018
Der Freischütz 2018-06-25T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-25T22:00:00+02:00 In all opera literature, few works have been subjected to such extreme and frequent paradigm shifts as Weber’s<i> Der Freischuütz</i>. While some considered him the originator of natural folk style, others regarded him as the “most German” of composers (Wagner); while some considered the uncanny to be a central plot element, others felt that fate or even nature, more specifically the forest, truly played the lead role (Pfitzner). Later people said that Weber was a successor to French Revolution opera, or that with his use of folk song he followed after Haydn and Beethoven. Regardless of all these considerations, <i>Der Freischuütz</i> – a “Romanticopera” in the widest sense of the term – is a popular and definitive work of the German-language repertoire. Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria von Weber Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen (fünf Bildern) Opera
Carl Maria von Weber

Der Freischütz

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