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June 2018

				01 Friday La traviata 2018-06-01T19:30:00+02:00 2018-06-01T22:00:00+02:00 As courtesan, as much desired as ill famed, beautiful Violetta Valéry dwells at the fringes of bourgeois society. She has sworn off “true love” – until Alfredo steps into her life, loving her with all his heart. Alfredo's father forces her to abandon his son, to safeguard his families reputation. Violetta wastes away, terminally ill, poverty stricken, with a broken heart – when Alfredo returns with his finally insightful father, it is already too late… Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:30 - 22:00 1 intermission Opera La traviata	02 Saturday Giselle 2018-06-02T19:30:00+02:00 2018-06-02T21:45:00+02:00 Adolphe Adam's "Giselle" - based on Heinrich Heine's tale - is rightly seen as the main work of the ballet romantic. This version by Elena Tschernischova - based on Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot und Marius Petipa - was choreographed in 1993 especially for Vienna. Elena Tschernischova nach Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Elena Tschernischova nach Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:30 - 21:45 1 intermission Ballet Giselle	03 Sunday Matinee zu Der Freischütz 2018-06-03T11:00:00+02:00 2018-06-03T12:30:00+02:00 Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 11:00 - 12:30 No intermission Special Programme Matinee zu Der Freischütz Rigoletto 2018-06-03T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-03T21:45:00+02:00 With <i>Rigoletto</i> - the first work of the so-called trilogia popolare - Giuseppe Verdi achieved his breakthrough from a very popular opera composer to the undisputed leader of Italian music theatre. Its successful world premiere took place in 1851. The opera was soon performed across the world and still ranks among not only the most performed works by Verdi but the top ten works of the international opera repertoire. The Wiener Staatsoper has played this opera more than 700 times, the current production opened on 20th December 2014. Its direction marked the house debut of Pierre Audi; to him Rigoletto is equally victim and culprit: "Rigoletto is simply a human being, some things have made him a worse and others a very empathic person. A complicated character!" Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:00 - 21:45 2 intermissions Opera Rigoletto
04 Monday Giselle 2018-06-04T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-04T21:15:00+02:00 Adolphe Adam's "Giselle" - based on Heinrich Heine's tale - is rightly seen as the main work of the ballet romantic. This version by Elena Tschernischova - based on Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot und Marius Petipa - was choreographed in 1993 especially for Vienna. Elena Tschernischova nach Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Elena Tschernischova nach Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:00 - 21:15 1 intermission Ballet Giselle	05 Tuesday Closed 2018-06-05T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-05T22:00:00+02:00 Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper Closed	06 Wednesday Giselle 2018-06-06T20:00:00+02:00 2018-06-06T22:15:00+02:00 Adolphe Adam's "Giselle" - based on Heinrich Heine's tale - is rightly seen as the main work of the ballet romantic. This version by Elena Tschernischova - based on Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot und Marius Petipa - was choreographed in 1993 especially for Vienna. Elena Tschernischova nach Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Elena Tschernischova nach Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 20:00 - 22:15 1 intermission Ballet Giselle	07 Thursday Operngeschichte XVI 2018-06-07T17:30:00+02:00 2018-06-07T18:30:00+02:00 Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 17:30 No intermission Salzburg Special Programme Operngeschichte XVI Rigoletto 2018-06-07T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-07T21:45:00+02:00 With <i>Rigoletto</i> - the first work of the so-called trilogia popolare - Giuseppe Verdi achieved his breakthrough from a very popular opera composer to the undisputed leader of Italian music theatre. Its successful world premiere took place in 1851. The opera was soon performed across the world and still ranks among not only the most performed works by Verdi but the top ten works of the international opera repertoire. The Wiener Staatsoper has played this opera more than 700 times, the current production opened on 20th December 2014. Its direction marked the house debut of Pierre Audi; to him Rigoletto is equally victim and culprit: "Rigoletto is simply a human being, some things have made him a worse and others a very empathic person. A complicated character!" Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:00 - 21:45 2 intermissions Opera Rigoletto	08 Friday MacMillan \| McGregor \| Ashton 2018-06-08T20:00:00+02:00 2018-06-08T22:15:00+02:00 This evening is dedicated to "British choreography": MacMillan, McGregor and Ashton are three choreographers who represent the same dance tradition. "Concerto" opens in the neo-classical style, offering a great opportunity for demonstrating the dancers’ virtuosity. "EDEN\|EDEN" explores the charged relationship between man and technology. The final ballet "Marguerite and Armand" was created for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev and is now a classic example of the English art of dance. Kenneth MacMillan Kenneth MacMillan Wayne McGregor Wayne McGregor Frederick Ashton Frederick Ashton Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 20:00 - 22:15 2 intermissions Ballet MacMillan \| McGregor \| Ashton	09 Saturday Kammermusik der Wiener Philharmoniker 9 2018-06-09T11:00:00+02:00 2018-06-09T12:30:00+02:00 Gustav Mahler-Saal Gustav Mahler-Saal 11:00 - 12:30 1 intermission Special Programme Kammermusik der Wiener Philharmoniker 9 MacMillan \| McGregor \| Ashton 2018-06-09T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-09T21:15:00+02:00 This evening is dedicated to "British choreography": MacMillan, McGregor and Ashton are three choreographers who represent the same dance tradition. "Concerto" opens in the neo-classical style, offering a great opportunity for demonstrating the dancers’ virtuosity. "EDEN\|EDEN" explores the charged relationship between man and technology. The final ballet "Marguerite and Armand" was created for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev and is now a classic example of the English art of dance. Kenneth MacMillan Kenneth MacMillan Wayne McGregor Wayne McGregor Frederick Ashton Frederick Ashton Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:00 - 21:15 2 intermissions Ballet MacMillan \| McGregor \| Ashton	10 Sunday Rigoletto 2018-06-10T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-10T21:45:00+02:00 With <i>Rigoletto</i> - the first work of the so-called trilogia popolare - Giuseppe Verdi achieved his breakthrough from a very popular opera composer to the undisputed leader of Italian music theatre. Its successful world premiere took place in 1851. The opera was soon performed across the world and still ranks among not only the most performed works by Verdi but the top ten works of the international opera repertoire. The Wiener Staatsoper has played this opera more than 700 times, the current production opened on 20th December 2014. Its direction marked the house debut of Pierre Audi; to him Rigoletto is equally victim and culprit: "Rigoletto is simply a human being, some things have made him a worse and others a very empathic person. A complicated character!" Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:00 - 21:45 2 intermissions Opera Rigoletto
11 Monday Der Freischütz 2018-06-11T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-11T22:00:00+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) Premiere Opera Der Freischütz	12 Tuesday MacMillan \| McGregor \| Ashton 2018-06-12T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-12T21:15:00+02:00 This evening is dedicated to "British choreography": MacMillan, McGregor and Ashton are three choreographers who represent the same dance tradition. "Concerto" opens in the neo-classical style, offering a great opportunity for demonstrating the dancers’ virtuosity. "EDEN\|EDEN" explores the charged relationship between man and technology. The final ballet "Marguerite and Armand" was created for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev and is now a classic example of the English art of dance. Kenneth MacMillan Kenneth MacMillan Wayne McGregor Wayne McGregor Frederick Ashton Frederick Ashton Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:00 - 21:15 2 intermissions Ballet MacMillan \| McGregor \| Ashton	13 Wednesday Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde 2018-06-13T10:30:00+02:00 2018-06-13T11:45:00+02:00 The new production "Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde" of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper presents together with a special choreography, also numerous other classical variations and dance pieces from the rich repertory of the ballet training. Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 10:30 - 11:45 No intermission Ballet Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde 2018-06-13T15:30:00+02:00 2018-06-13T16:45:00+02:00 The new production "Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde" of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper presents together with a special choreography, also numerous other classical variations and dance pieces from the rich repertory of the ballet training. Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 15:30 - 16:45 No intermission Ballet Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde Tosca 2018-06-13T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-13T21:45:00+02:00 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 Tosca	14 Thursday Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde 2018-06-14T10:30:00+02:00 2018-06-14T11:45:00+02:00 The new production "Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde" of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper presents together with a special choreography, also numerous other classical variations and dance pieces from the rich repertory of the ballet training. Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 10:30 - 11:45 No intermission Ballet Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde 2018-06-14T15:30:00+02:00 2018-06-14T16:45:00+02:00 The new production "Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde" of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper presents together with a special choreography, also numerous other classical variations and dance pieces from the rich repertory of the ballet training. Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 15:30 - 16:45 No intermission Ballet Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde Der Freischütz 2018-06-14T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-14T22:00:00+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 Der Freischütz	15 Friday Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde 2018-06-15T10:30:00+02:00 2018-06-15T11:45:00+02:00 The new production "Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde" of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper presents together with a special choreography, also numerous other classical variations and dance pieces from the rich repertory of the ballet training. Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 10:30 - 11:45 No intermission Ballet Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde 2018-06-15T15:30:00+02:00 2018-06-15T16:45:00+02:00 The new production "Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde" of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper presents together with a special choreography, also numerous other classical variations and dance pieces from the rich repertory of the ballet training. Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 15:30 - 16:45 No intermission Ballet Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde Lohengrin 2018-06-15T18:00:00+02:00 2018-06-15T22:30:00+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. Stylistically, Lohengrin is a transitional work. Especially regarding instrumentation, Lohengrin marked a big step forward in Wagner's musical development - thus, for the first time in his oeuvre the orchestra carries the action on stage.  </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. </div> Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 18:00 - 22:30 2 intermissions Opera Lohengrin	16 Saturday Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde 2018-06-16T10:30:00+02:00 2018-06-16T11:45:00+02:00 The new production "Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde" of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper presents together with a special choreography, also numerous other classical variations and dance pieces from the rich repertory of the ballet training. Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 10:30 - 11:45 No intermission Ballet Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde 2018-06-16T15:30:00+02:00 2018-06-16T16:45:00+02:00 The new production "Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde" of the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper presents together with a special choreography, also numerous other classical variations and dance pieces from the rich repertory of the ballet training. Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 15:30 - 16:45 No intermission Ballet Der Zauberlehrling und seine Freunde Tosca 2018-06-16T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-16T21:45:00+02:00 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 Tosca	17 Sunday Kontrapunkte 2018-06-17T11:00:00+02:00 2018-06-17T12:30:00+02:00 Gustav Mahler-Saal Gustav Mahler-Saal 11:00 - 12:30 No intermission mit Prof. Dr. Clemens Hellsberg, Martin Grubinger und Andreas Mailath-Pokorny Special Programme Kontrapunkte Der Freischütz 2018-06-17T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-17T22:00:00+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 Der Freischütz
18 Monday Lohengrin 2018-06-18T18:00:00+02:00 2018-06-18T22:30:00+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. Stylistically, Lohengrin is a transitional work. Especially regarding instrumentation, Lohengrin marked a big step forward in Wagner's musical development - thus, for the first time in his oeuvre the orchestra carries the action on stage.  </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. </div> Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 18:00 - 22:30 2 intermissions Opera Lohengrin	19 Tuesday Publikumsgespräch 2018-06-19T17:30:00+02:00 2018-06-19T18:50:00+02:00 Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne \| Walfischgasse 17:30 - 18:50 No intermission mit Staatsoperndirektor Dominique Meyer und dem kaufmännischen Geschäftsführer Thomas Platzer Special Programme Publikumsgespräch Tosca 2018-06-19T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-19T21:45:00+02:00 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 Tosca	20 Wednesday 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 Der Freischütz	21 Thursday Falstaff 2018-06-21T19:30:00+02:00 2018-06-21T22:15:00+02:00 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 <i>Un giorno di regno</i> 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, <i>Manon Lescaut</i>. 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 19:30 - 22:15 1 intermission Opera Falstaff	22 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. Stylistically, Lohengrin is a transitional work. Especially regarding instrumentation, Lohengrin marked a big step forward in Wagner's musical development - thus, for the first time in his oeuvre the orchestra carries the action on stage.  </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. </div> Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 18:00 - 22:30 2 intermissions Opera Lohengrin	23 Saturday 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 11:00 - 12:30 1 intermission Special Programme Kammermusik der Wiener Philharmoniker 10 Galakonzert KS Edita Gruberova 2018-06-23T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-23T21:30:00+02:00 In this Gala concert, the "Grand Dame" of the opera will perform arias and scenes from <i>La traviata, Don Giovanni, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Roberto Devereux</i> and<i> Idomeneo</i>.  Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 19:00 - 21:30 1 intermission anlässlich ihres 50jährigen Bühnenjubiläums Concert Galakonzert KS Edita Gruberova	24 Sunday Falstaff 2018-06-24T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-24T21:45:00+02:00 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 <i>Un giorno di regno</i> 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, <i>Manon Lescaut</i>. 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 Falstaff
25 Monday 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 Der Freischütz	26 Tuesday Lohengrin 2018-06-26T18:00:00+02:00 2018-06-26T22:30:00+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. Stylistically, Lohengrin is a transitional work. Especially regarding instrumentation, Lohengrin marked a big step forward in Wagner's musical development - thus, for the first time in his oeuvre the orchestra carries the action on stage.  </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. </div> Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 18:00 - 22:30 2 intermissions Opera Lohengrin	27 Wednesday Falstaff 2018-06-27T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-27T21:45:00+02:00 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 <i>Un giorno di regno</i> 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, <i>Manon Lescaut</i>. 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 Falstaff	28 Thursday Der Freischütz 2018-06-28T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-28T22:00:00+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 Der Freischütz	29 Friday Nurejew Gala 2018 2018-06-29T18:30:00+02:00 2018-06-29T22:30:00+02:00 The "Nureyev Gala", a firm favourite with ballet lovers from all over the world will this time commemorate the 80th birthday of Nureyev. Now an indispensable tradition, this concluding event of the season offers a typically varied and diverse programme from the international world of dance, and provides Manuel Legris and the dancers of the Wiener Staatsballett with an opportunity to thank their audience for the loyalty. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper 18:30 - 22:30 2 intermissions Ballet Nurejew Gala 2018	30 Saturday Falstaff 2018-06-30T19:00:00+02:00 2018-06-30T21:45:00+02:00 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 <i>Un giorno di regno</i> 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, <i>Manon Lescaut</i>. 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 Falstaff