Events

Salome 2019-10-01T20:00:00+02:00 2019-10-01T21:45:00+02:00 Salome, the beautiful adolescent princess, falls in love with Jochanaan, a puritanical prophet dungeoned by her stepfather, King Herodes – but Jochanaan disgustedly rejects her advances. As she dances for him, the lascivious king promises her to fulfill whatever wish. Infuriated by Jochanaans refusal, she demands his head from Herodes. With a heavy heart the king meets her request. When Salome grasps the bloody head on a silver tray, Herodes, horrified, orders her to be executed. Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

01 Oct

Tuesday
20:00 - 21:45
No intermission
Opera

Richard Strauss

Salome

Conductor Dennis Russell Davies
Director Boleslaw Barlog
With Jörg Schneider, Linda Watson, Ausrine Stundyte, Alan Held

Prices S, Subscription 3

A Midsummer Night's Dream 2019-10-02T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-02T22:00:00+02:00 William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the inspiration for works in all genres. Amongst others, Henry Purcell, Ambroise Thomas, Carl Maria von Weber and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wrote widely differing music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and visual artists, choreographers and film-makers were also inspired by the complex story. In 1960, with his A Midsummer Night’s Dream Benjamin Britten published one of the best known opera versions: an amusing, light, poetic and psychological masterpiece that is one of his most played works of music theatre. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first heard at the opera house on the Ring in 1962; now, after more than half a century, the opera house is producing the work again. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

02 Oct

Wednesday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Premiere Opera

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Conductor Simone Young
Director Irina Brook
With Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Peter Kellner, Szilvia Vörös, Josh Lovell, Rafael Fingerlos, Rachel Frenkel, Valentina Naforniţa, Peter Rose, Benjamin Hulett

Livestream

Prices P Werkeinführung

La Bohème 2019-10-03T19:30:00+02:00 2019-10-03T22:00:00+02:00 We see four young men struggling through their meager lives as artists. All at once, love blazes into Rodolfo's life, as he meets the needlewoman, Mimì. From their first encounter on, it is sadly evident, however, that Mimì is fatally ill. Rodolfo decides to withdraw, to allow her to escape poverty. Some months later, they reunite, and Mimì dies in Rodolfo's loving arms. Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

03 Oct

Thursday
19:30 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Giacomo Puccini

La Bohème

Conductor Louis Langrée
Director Franco Zeffirelli
With Gianluca Terranova, Aida Garifullina, Adrian Eröd, Bryony Dwyer

Prices G

Salome 2019-10-04T20:00:00+02:00 2019-10-04T21:45:00+02:00 Salome, the beautiful adolescent princess, falls in love with Jochanaan, a puritanical prophet dungeoned by her stepfather, King Herodes – but Jochanaan disgustedly rejects her advances. As she dances for him, the lascivious king promises her to fulfill whatever wish. Infuriated by Jochanaans refusal, she demands his head from Herodes. With a heavy heart the king meets her request. When Salome grasps the bloody head on a silver tray, Herodes, horrified, orders her to be executed. Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

04 Oct

Friday
20:00 - 21:45
No intermission
Opera

Richard Strauss

Salome

Conductor Dennis Russell Davies
Director Boleslaw Barlog
With Jörg Schneider, Linda Watson, Ausrine Stundyte, Alan Held

Prices S, Subscription 7

A Midsummer Night's Dream 2019-10-05T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-05T22:00:00+02:00 William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the inspiration for works in all genres. Amongst others, Henry Purcell, Ambroise Thomas, Carl Maria von Weber and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wrote widely differing music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and visual artists, choreographers and film-makers were also inspired by the complex story. In 1960, with his A Midsummer Night’s Dream Benjamin Britten published one of the best known opera versions: an amusing, light, poetic and psychological masterpiece that is one of his most played works of music theatre. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first heard at the opera house on the Ring in 1962; now, after more than half a century, the opera house is producing the work again. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

05 Oct

Saturday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Conductor Simone Young
Director Irina Brook
With Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Peter Kellner, Szilvia Vörös, Josh Lovell, Rafael Fingerlos, Rachel Frenkel, Valentina Naforniţa, Peter Rose, Benjamin Hulett

Prices G, Neuproduktionen Werkeinführung

Ariadne auf Naxos 2019-10-06T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-06T21:30:00+02:00 Regarded by many as the ultimate collaboration between Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the witty musical comedy “Ariadne auf Naxos” tells the story of the hopes and dreams of a young composer crushed by harsh (theatre) reality; of heartbroken ladies and of taking love and life as it comes. Last but not least, the opera raises questions of human trust, change and constancy, inadvertence and freedom. Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

06 Oct

Sunday
19:00 - 21:30
1 intermission
Opera

Richard Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos

Conductor Michael Boder
Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf
With Hans Peter Kammerer, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Kate Lindsey, Stephen Gould, Thomas Ebenstein, Hila Fahima, Adrianne Pieczonka

Prices S, Subscription 23

La Bohème 2019-10-07T19:30:00+02:00 2019-10-07T22:00:00+02:00 We see four young men struggling through their meager lives as artists. All at once, love blazes into Rodolfo's life, as he meets the needlewoman, Mimì. From their first encounter on, it is sadly evident, however, that Mimì is fatally ill. Rodolfo decides to withdraw, to allow her to escape poverty. Some months later, they reunite, and Mimì dies in Rodolfo's loving arms. Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

07 Oct

Monday
19:30 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Giacomo Puccini

La Bohème

Conductor Louis Langrée
Director Franco Zeffirelli
With Jinxu Xiahou, Aida Garifullina, Adrian Eröd, Bryony Dwyer

Prices G, Subscription 16

Ariadne auf Naxos 2019-10-08T19:30:00+02:00 2019-10-08T22:00:00+02:00 Regarded by many as the ultimate collaboration between Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the witty musical comedy “Ariadne auf Naxos” tells the story of the hopes and dreams of a young composer crushed by harsh (theatre) reality; of heartbroken ladies and of taking love and life as it comes. Last but not least, the opera raises questions of human trust, change and constancy, inadvertence and freedom. Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

08 Oct

Tuesday
19:30 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Richard Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos

Conductor Michael Boder
Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf
With Hans Peter Kammerer, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Kate Lindsey, Stephen Gould, Thomas Ebenstein, Hila Fahima, Adrianne Pieczonka

Prices S, Subscription 4

A Midsummer Night's Dream 2019-10-09T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-09T22:00:00+02:00 William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the inspiration for works in all genres. Amongst others, Henry Purcell, Ambroise Thomas, Carl Maria von Weber and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wrote widely differing music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and visual artists, choreographers and film-makers were also inspired by the complex story. In 1960, with his A Midsummer Night’s Dream Benjamin Britten published one of the best known opera versions: an amusing, light, poetic and psychological masterpiece that is one of his most played works of music theatre. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first heard at the opera house on the Ring in 1962; now, after more than half a century, the opera house is producing the work again. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

09 Oct

Wednesday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Conductor Simone Young
Director Irina Brook
With Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Peter Kellner, Szilvia Vörös, Josh Lovell, Rafael Fingerlos, Rachel Frenkel, Valentina Naforniţa, Peter Rose, Benjamin Hulett

Prices G, Subscription 12 Werkeinführung

Die Frau ohne Schatten 2019-10-10T18:00:00+02:00 2019-10-10T22:30:00+02:00 Not all that many important masterpieces have had their world première at the opera house on the Ring. Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Die Frau ohne Schatten, is one of the few exceptions in this regard. On 10 October 1919 the opera that Strauss regarded as his “last romantic opera” first saw the light of day at the Wiener Staatsoper; since then, it has been a fixture on international schedules. While they were still working on the piece, the composer said enthusiastically of the libretto: “Unbelievably noble, superb, mature and interesting, with magnificent dramatic, moral problems, marvellous scenic events.” In terms of the music and musical drama, Strauss took up some of Wagner’s ideas and expanded them with his own. Mozart’s The Magic Flute was the inspiration for the fairy-tale ambience and the tests which the heroes must undergo. Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

10 Oct

Thursday
18:00 - 22:30
2 intermissions
Opera

Richard Strauss

Die Frau ohne Schatten

Conductor Christian Thielemann
Director Vincent Huguet
With Stephen Gould, Camilla Nylund, Mihoko Fujimura, Clemens Unterreiner, Tomasz Konieczny, Nina Stemme

Prices G, Strauss Cycle

Ariadne auf Naxos 2019-10-11T19:30:00+02:00 2019-10-11T22:00:00+02:00 Regarded by many as the ultimate collaboration between Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the witty musical comedy “Ariadne auf Naxos” tells the story of the hopes and dreams of a young composer crushed by harsh (theatre) reality; of heartbroken ladies and of taking love and life as it comes. Last but not least, the opera raises questions of human trust, change and constancy, inadvertence and freedom. Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

11 Oct

Friday
19:30 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Richard Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos

Conductor Michael Boder
Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf
With Hans Peter Kammerer, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Kate Lindsey, Stephen Gould, Thomas Ebenstein, Daniela Fally, Adrianne Pieczonka

Livestream

Prices S, Subscription 8

Kammermusik der Wiener Philharmoniker 2 2019-10-12T11:00:00+02:00 2019-10-12T12:30:00+02:00 Gustav Mahler-Saal Gustav Mahler-Saal

12 Oct

Saturday
11:00 - 12:30
1 intermission
Special Programme
Gustav Mahler-Saal

Kammermusik der Wiener Philharmoniker 2

Prices R

Madama Butterfly 2019-10-12T19:30:00+02:00 2019-10-12T22:15:00+02:00 US-American Lieutenant Pinkerton marries Cio-Cio-San, but only for a short time; a commonly accepted convention at this time. Whilst for him it was but a fleeting affair, for her, it was true love. After his departure, she waits longingly for his return. When he finally reappears, Cio-Cio-San – the mother of his child – realises that he has remarried. Out of utter desperation, she kills herself: “He who can no longer live an honorable life must die honorably”. Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

12 Oct

Saturday
19:30 - 22:15
1 intermission
Opera

Giacomo Puccini

Madama Butterfly

Conductor Jonathan Darlington
Director Josef Gielen
With Kristīne Opolais, Ivan Magrì, Paolo Rumetz

Prices A

A Midsummer Night's Dream 2019-10-13T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-13T22:00:00+02:00 William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the inspiration for works in all genres. Amongst others, Henry Purcell, Ambroise Thomas, Carl Maria von Weber and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wrote widely differing music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and visual artists, choreographers and film-makers were also inspired by the complex story. In 1960, with his A Midsummer Night’s Dream Benjamin Britten published one of the best known opera versions: an amusing, light, poetic and psychological masterpiece that is one of his most played works of music theatre. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first heard at the opera house on the Ring in 1962; now, after more than half a century, the opera house is producing the work again. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

13 Oct

Sunday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Conductor Simone Young
Director Irina Brook
With Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Peter Kellner, Szilvia Vörös, Josh Lovell, Rafael Fingerlos, Rachel Frenkel, Valentina Naforniţa, Peter Rose, Benjamin Hulett

Prices G, Subscription 24 Werkeinführung

Die Frau ohne Schatten 2019-10-14T18:00:00+02:00 2019-10-14T22:30:00+02:00 Not all that many important masterpieces have had their world première at the opera house on the Ring. Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Die Frau ohne Schatten, is one of the few exceptions in this regard. On 10 October 1919 the opera that Strauss regarded as his “last romantic opera” first saw the light of day at the Wiener Staatsoper; since then, it has been a fixture on international schedules. While they were still working on the piece, the composer said enthusiastically of the libretto: “Unbelievably noble, superb, mature and interesting, with magnificent dramatic, moral problems, marvellous scenic events.” In terms of the music and musical drama, Strauss took up some of Wagner’s ideas and expanded them with his own. Mozart’s The Magic Flute was the inspiration for the fairy-tale ambience and the tests which the heroes must undergo. Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

14 Oct

Monday
18:00 - 22:30
2 intermissions
Opera

Richard Strauss

Die Frau ohne Schatten

Conductor Christian Thielemann
Director Vincent Huguet
With Andreas Schager, Camilla Nylund, Mihoko Fujimura, Clemens Unterreiner, Tomasz Konieczny, Nina Stemme

Prices G, Subscription 13

Closed 2019-10-15T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-15T22:00:00+02:00 Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

15 Oct

Closed

Madama Butterfly 2019-10-16T19:30:00+02:00 2019-10-16T22:15:00+02:00 US-American Lieutenant Pinkerton marries Cio-Cio-San, but only for a short time; a commonly accepted convention at this time. Whilst for him it was but a fleeting affair, for her, it was true love. After his departure, she waits longingly for his return. When he finally reappears, Cio-Cio-San – the mother of his child – realises that he has remarried. Out of utter desperation, she kills herself: “He who can no longer live an honorable life must die honorably”. Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

16 Oct

Wednesday
19:30 - 22:15
1 intermission
Opera

Giacomo Puccini

Madama Butterfly

Conductor Jonathan Darlington
Director Josef Gielen
With Kristīne Opolais, Ivan Magrì, Paolo Rumetz

Prices A

A Midsummer Night's Dream 2019-10-17T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-17T22:00:00+02:00 William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the inspiration for works in all genres. Amongst others, Henry Purcell, Ambroise Thomas, Carl Maria von Weber and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wrote widely differing music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and visual artists, choreographers and film-makers were also inspired by the complex story. In 1960, with his A Midsummer Night’s Dream Benjamin Britten published one of the best known opera versions: an amusing, light, poetic and psychological masterpiece that is one of his most played works of music theatre. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first heard at the opera house on the Ring in 1962; now, after more than half a century, the opera house is producing the work again. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

17 Oct

Thursday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Conductor Simone Young
Director Irina Brook
With Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Peter Kellner, Szilvia Vörös, Josh Lovell, Rafael Fingerlos, Rachel Frenkel, Valentina Naforniţa, Peter Rose, Benjamin Hulett

Prices G, Subscription 20 Werkeinführung

Die Frau ohne Schatten 2019-10-18T18:00:00+02:00 2019-10-18T22:30:00+02:00 Not all that many important masterpieces have had their world première at the opera house on the Ring. Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Die Frau ohne Schatten, is one of the few exceptions in this regard. On 10 October 1919 the opera that Strauss regarded as his “last romantic opera” first saw the light of day at the Wiener Staatsoper; since then, it has been a fixture on international schedules. While they were still working on the piece, the composer said enthusiastically of the libretto: “Unbelievably noble, superb, mature and interesting, with magnificent dramatic, moral problems, marvellous scenic events.” In terms of the music and musical drama, Strauss took up some of Wagner’s ideas and expanded them with his own. Mozart’s The Magic Flute was the inspiration for the fairy-tale ambience and the tests which the heroes must undergo. Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

18 Oct

Friday
18:00 - 22:30
2 intermissions
Opera

Richard Strauss

Die Frau ohne Schatten

Conductor Christian Thielemann
Director Vincent Huguet
With Andreas Schager, Camilla Nylund, Mihoko Fujimura, Clemens Unterreiner, Tomasz Konieczny, Nina Stemme

Livestream

Prices G

Cinderella - Wiener Fassung für Kinder 2019-10-19T15:00:00+02:00 2019-10-19T16:15:00+02:00 Agrana Studiobühne | Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne | Walfischgasse

19 Oct

Saturday
15:00 - 16:15
No intermission
Children's opera
Agrana Studiobühne | Walfischgasse

Cinderella - Wiener Fassung für Kinder

Conductor Witolf Werner
Director Birgit Kajtna

Prices Z

Il barbiere di Siviglia 2019-10-19T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-19T21:45:00+02:00 Young count Almaviva is courting Rosina, Dr. Bartolo's niece and ward – who nevertheless purposes to marry her himself. So he tries to keep Almaviva away from Rosina and his house. By promises of rich awards, Almaviva however secures Figaro's – the witty local barbers – help, and in varying disguises finally wins her hart and marries her, against all of Bartolo's resistance. Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Rossini Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

19 Oct

Saturday
19:00 - 21:45
1 intermission
Opera

Gioachino Rossini

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Conductor Graeme Jenkins
Production concept Günther Rennert
With René Barbera, Paolo Rumetz, Svetlina Stoyanova, Samuel Hasselhorn, Sorin Coliban

Prices A

Europäische Kulturpreisgala 2019-10-20T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-20T21:00:00+02:00 Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

20 Oct

Sunday
19:00 - 21:00
No intermission
Special Programme

Europäische Kulturpreisgala

With Simone Young, Nina Stemme, René Pape, Thomas Hampson, Alma Deutscher, Daniel Hope, Ina Regen

A Midsummer Night's Dream 2019-10-21T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-21T22:00:00+02:00 William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the inspiration for works in all genres. Amongst others, Henry Purcell, Ambroise Thomas, Carl Maria von Weber and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wrote widely differing music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and visual artists, choreographers and film-makers were also inspired by the complex story. In 1960, with his A Midsummer Night’s Dream Benjamin Britten published one of the best known opera versions: an amusing, light, poetic and psychological masterpiece that is one of his most played works of music theatre. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first heard at the opera house on the Ring in 1962; now, after more than half a century, the opera house is producing the work again. Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

21 Oct

Monday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Conductor Simone Young
Director Irina Brook
With Lawrence Zazzo, Erin Morley, Théo Touvet, Peter Kellner, Szilvia Vörös, Josh Lovell, Rafael Fingerlos, Rachel Frenkel, Valentina Naforniţa, Peter Rose, Benjamin Hulett

Prices G, Subscription 14 Werkeinführung

Werther 2019-10-22T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-22T21:30:00+02:00 Jules Massenet’s Werther is based on Goethe’s famous epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers). The operatic version of this tragic story about the unhappy young Werther, who is driven to suicide by his unfulfilled passion for the married Charlotte, has moved audiences for generations. The opera has a special connection with Vienna, as its world premiere took place to great success at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1892! In the current production by Andrei Serban the story is set in the 1950s. French conductor Frédéric Chaslin, who has a longstanding and close relationship with the house, will lead the performance series in September. Jules Massenet Jules Massenet Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

22 Oct

Tuesday
19:00 - 21:30
1 intermission
Opera

Jules Massenet

Werther

Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
Director Andrei Serban
With Vittorio Grigolo, Adrian Eröd, Elena Maximova, Daniela Fally

Prices A

Simon Boccanegra 2019-10-23T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-23T22:00:00+02:00 Verdi's masterpiece Simon Boccanegra - often undervalued - tells the story of a man whose fate is determined by love and politics. Starting off as a buccaneer he ascends to the Doge of Geneva, shaken by fate, intrigues and class struggles. His wife dies, he looses his child - to retrieve it only shortly before his death in peace. With this opera, Verdi presents on of his most mature, touching and yet uncommon oeuvres: To be enjoyed at Wiener Staatsoper in Peter Stein's gracefully built staging. Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

23 Oct

Wednesday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Giuseppe Verdi

Simon Boccanegra

Conductor Paolo Carignani
Director Peter Stein
With Simone Piazzola, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Fabio Sartori, Marina Rebeka

Prices A, Subscription 10

Il barbiere di Siviglia 2019-10-24T19:30:00+02:00 2019-10-24T22:15:00+02:00 Young count Almaviva is courting Rosina, Dr. Bartolo's niece and ward – who nevertheless purposes to marry her himself. So he tries to keep Almaviva away from Rosina and his house. By promises of rich awards, Almaviva however secures Figaro's – the witty local barbers – help, and in varying disguises finally wins her hart and marries her, against all of Bartolo's resistance. Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Rossini Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

24 Oct

Thursday
19:30 - 22:15
1 intermission
Opera

Gioachino Rossini

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Conductor Graeme Jenkins
Production concept Günther Rennert
With René Barbera, Paolo Rumetz, Svetlina Stoyanova, Samuel Hasselhorn, Sorin Coliban

Prices A, Subscription 18

Macbeth 2019-10-25T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-25T22:00:00+02:00 Macbeth was the beginning of Giuseppe Verdi's artistic relationship with the works of William Shakespeare. His original Macbeth - first performed in 1611 - inspired Verdi to create a then novel piece, entering a new musical realm and risking several stylistic experiments. In many ways, his tenth opera thus represents a turning away from the Italian operatic tradition. For the interpretation of Lady Macbeth, Verdi did not envisage beauty of sound but an expressive tonal language, unafraid of hollow or even ugly sounds.  Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

25 Oct

Friday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Giuseppe Verdi

Macbeth

Conductor Giampaolo Bisanti
Director Christian Räth
With Plácido Domingo, Ryan Speedo Green, Tatiana Serjan, Jinxu Xiahou

Prices G, Verdi Cycle

Simon Boccanegra 2019-10-26T19:00:00+02:00 2019-10-26T22:00:00+02:00 Verdi's masterpiece Simon Boccanegra - often undervalued - tells the story of a man whose fate is determined by love and politics. Starting off as a buccaneer he ascends to the Doge of Geneva, shaken by fate, intrigues and class struggles. His wife dies, he looses his child - to retrieve it only shortly before his death in peace. With this opera, Verdi presents on of his most mature, touching and yet uncommon oeuvres: To be enjoyed at Wiener Staatsoper in Peter Stein's gracefully built staging. Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

26 Oct

Saturday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Giuseppe Verdi

Simon Boccanegra

Conductor Paolo Carignani
Director Peter Stein
With Simone Piazzola, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Fabio Sartori, Marina Rebeka

Livestream

Prices A

Cinderella - Wiener Fassung für Kinder 2019-10-27T15:00:00+01:00 2019-10-27T16:15:00+01:00 Agrana Studiobühne | Walfischgasse Agrana Studiobühne | Walfischgasse

27 Oct

Sunday
15:00 - 16:15
No intermission
Children's opera
Agrana Studiobühne | Walfischgasse

Cinderella - Wiener Fassung für Kinder

Conductor Witolf Werner
Director Birgit Kajtna

Prices Z

Werther 2019-10-27T19:00:00+01:00 2019-10-27T21:30:00+01:00 Jules Massenet’s Werther is based on Goethe’s famous epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers). The operatic version of this tragic story about the unhappy young Werther, who is driven to suicide by his unfulfilled passion for the married Charlotte, has moved audiences for generations. The opera has a special connection with Vienna, as its world premiere took place to great success at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1892! In the current production by Andrei Serban the story is set in the 1950s. French conductor Frédéric Chaslin, who has a longstanding and close relationship with the house, will lead the performance series in September. Jules Massenet Jules Massenet Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

27 Oct

Sunday
19:00 - 21:30
1 intermission
Opera

Jules Massenet

Werther

Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
Director Andrei Serban
With Vittorio Grigolo, Adrian Eröd, Elena Maximova, Daniela Fally

Prices A, Subscription 22

Macbeth 2019-10-28T19:00:00+01:00 2019-10-28T22:00:00+01:00 Macbeth was the beginning of Giuseppe Verdi's artistic relationship with the works of William Shakespeare. His original Macbeth - first performed in 1611 - inspired Verdi to create a then novel piece, entering a new musical realm and risking several stylistic experiments. In many ways, his tenth opera thus represents a turning away from the Italian operatic tradition. For the interpretation of Lady Macbeth, Verdi did not envisage beauty of sound but an expressive tonal language, unafraid of hollow or even ugly sounds.  Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

28 Oct

Monday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Giuseppe Verdi

Macbeth

Conductor Giampaolo Bisanti
Director Christian Räth
With Plácido Domingo, Ryan Speedo Green, Tatiana Serjan, Jinxu Xiahou

Prices G, Subscription 15

Simon Boccanegra 2019-10-29T19:00:00+01:00 2019-10-29T22:00:00+01:00 Verdi's masterpiece Simon Boccanegra - often undervalued - tells the story of a man whose fate is determined by love and politics. Starting off as a buccaneer he ascends to the Doge of Geneva, shaken by fate, intrigues and class struggles. His wife dies, he looses his child - to retrieve it only shortly before his death in peace. With this opera, Verdi presents on of his most mature, touching and yet uncommon oeuvres: To be enjoyed at Wiener Staatsoper in Peter Stein's gracefully built staging. Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

29 Oct

Tuesday
19:00 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Giuseppe Verdi

Simon Boccanegra

Conductor Paolo Carignani
Director Peter Stein
With Simone Piazzola, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Fabio Sartori, Caroline Wenborne

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Don Pasquale 2019-10-30T19:30:00+01:00 2019-10-30T22:00:00+01:00 Take an elderly bachelor Don Pasquale, who wants to try his hand at love again and a clumsy lad, Ernsto who has given up on true love. Add to this a cunning friend called Malatesta with a talent for pulling strings and scheming. And finally, sly Norina who sends people on wild goose chases and saves her relationship with Ernesto. These are the ingredients for Gaetano Donizetti’s lively comedy – vivdly staged by Irina Brook Gaetano Donizetti Gaetano Donizetti Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

30 Oct

Wednesday
19:30 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Gaetano Donizetti

Don Pasquale

Conductor Ramón Tebar
Director Irina Brook
With Ambrogio Maestri, Dmitry Korchak, Orhan Yildiz, Valentina Naforniţa

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Werther 2019-10-31T19:30:00+01:00 2019-10-31T22:00:00+01:00 Jules Massenet’s Werther is based on Goethe’s famous epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers). The operatic version of this tragic story about the unhappy young Werther, who is driven to suicide by his unfulfilled passion for the married Charlotte, has moved audiences for generations. The opera has a special connection with Vienna, as its world premiere took place to great success at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1892! In the current production by Andrei Serban the story is set in the 1950s. French conductor Frédéric Chaslin, who has a longstanding and close relationship with the house, will lead the performance series in September. Jules Massenet Jules Massenet Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Staatsoper

31 Oct

Thursday
19:30 - 22:00
1 intermission
Opera

Jules Massenet

Werther

Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
Director Andrei Serban
With Vittorio Grigolo, Adrian Eröd, Elena Maximova, Ileana Tonca

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