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16 Today, Wednesday

Siegfried 2019-01-16T17:00:00+01:00 2019-01-16T22:00:00+01:00 "Siegfried - this human being must overshadow the gods' splendour!", Richard Wagner enthusiastically wrote about his creation - the young and strong hero, who is raised by the dwarf Mime. Siegfried becomes the central character in last two parts of the Ring Cycle: in the music drama of the same name he forges his sword Notung, gains the Nibelung's treasure and meets Wotan's daughter Brünnhilde, whom he falls in love with. Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

17:00 - 22:00
2 intermissions
Opera

Richard Wagner

Siegfried

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17 Tomorrow, Thursday

Sylvia 2019-01-17T19:00:00+01:00 2019-01-17T21:30:00+01:00 The names of Louis Mérante, Léo Staats, Serge Lifar, Albert Aveline and Lycette Darsonval represent a very typically "French" tradition of the ballet "Sylvia", that Manuel Legris also feels deeply interconnected with. His new version, which at the same time is his second full-length choreography for the Wiener Staatsballett, focuses primarily on heterogeneous possibilities for the unfolding of pure dancing and thus also gives wide scope to picturesque moments that are once again furnished richly in detail by Luisa Spinatelli. First performed in 1876, the work has since been being well known as one of the most outstanding ballets of the 19th century. Manuel Legris nach Louis Mérante u.a. Manuel Legris nach Louis Mérante u.a. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

19:00 - 21:30
2 intermissions
Ballet

Manuel Legris nach Louis Mérante u.a.

Sylvia

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18 The day after tomorrow, Friday

Tosca 2019-01-18T19:00:00+01:00 2019-01-18T21:45:00+01:00 Rome, 1800: The city suffers from Scarpias, the Chief Constables, reign of terror. The seditious painter Cavaradossi falls into his clutches and is bound to be executed. His beloved Tosca - chased after by Scarpia - strikes a bargain: She answers his desires, and Scarpia will save Cavaradossi by a fake execution with blank cartridges in return. Scarpia agrees, approaches her - and she stabs him to death. But he, too, has not kept his word and ordered to shoot Cavaradossi with real ammunition. With a broken heart, she leaps to her death from the pinnacles of Castel Sant’Angelo. Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

19:00 - 21:45
2 intermissions
Opera

Giacomo Puccini

Tosca

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19 19.01.2019

Sylvia 2019-01-19T19:00:00+01:00 2019-01-19T21:30:00+01:00 The names of Louis Mérante, Léo Staats, Serge Lifar, Albert Aveline and Lycette Darsonval represent a very typically "French" tradition of the ballet "Sylvia", that Manuel Legris also feels deeply interconnected with. His new version, which at the same time is his second full-length choreography for the Wiener Staatsballett, focuses primarily on heterogeneous possibilities for the unfolding of pure dancing and thus also gives wide scope to picturesque moments that are once again furnished richly in detail by Luisa Spinatelli. First performed in 1876, the work has since been being well known as one of the most outstanding ballets of the 19th century. Manuel Legris nach Louis Mérante u.a. Manuel Legris nach Louis Mérante u.a. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

19:00 - 21:30
2 intermissions
Ballet

Manuel Legris nach Louis Mérante u.a.

Sylvia

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20 20.01.2019

Götterdämmerung 2019-01-20T16:00:00+01:00 2019-01-20T21:30:00+01:00 Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) closes Wagner's Ring tetralogy. The youthful hero Siegfried falls victim to a scheme by Hagen and gets killed. His beloved Brünnhilde finally sacrifices herself to free the ring of its curse. The finale sees Valhalla and the gods go down, while the amazed people are free to create a better fate for themselves... Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

16:00 - 21:30
2 intermissions
Opera

Richard Wagner

Götterdämmerung

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21 21.01.2019

Closed 2019-01-21T19:00:00+01:00 2019-01-21T22:00:00+01:00 Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

Closed

22 22.01.2019

Solistenkonzert Joseph Calleja | Vincenzo Scalera 2019-01-22T20:00:00+01:00 2019-01-22T22:00:00+01:00 Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

20:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Concert

Solistenkonzert Joseph Calleja | Vincenzo Scalera

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23 23.01.2019

Falstaff 2019-01-23T19:00:00+01:00 2019-01-23T21:45:00+01:00 Falstaff is Giuseppe Verdi’s last opera. With it, the aged composer once again tried his hand at comic opera, a genre that he had not touched since his failed opera Un giorno di regno nearly 50 years earlier. Falstaff was premièred in 1893 at La Scala Milan just a few weeks before the première of the first truly resounding success by the young Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut. Thus a kind of compositional transfer to the next generation had taken place. The opera tells the story of the corpulent, down-at-heel knight Falstaff, who hopes for both amorous and financial reward from two married ladies. He courts them clumsily and is ultimately led a merry dance by them. The opera ends with a colossal fugue that has gone down in music history, summing up in music the lesson learned from the work: everything in the world’s a jest. The current new production by Sir David McVicar premièred in December 2016 under the baton of Zubin Mehta. Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

19:00 - 21:45
1 intermission
Opera

Giuseppe Verdi