Bombastischer Barock: Alessandro nell‘Indie am Theater an der Wien

Dennis Orellana (Poro) und Jake Arditti (Erissena)

Bruno de Sá (Cleofide) und Maayan Licht (Alessandro)

Jake Arditti (Erissena)

Nicholas Tamagna (Timagene), Maayan Licht (Alessandro) und Jake Arditti (Erissena)

Maayan Licht (Alessandro), Tänzer, Jake Arditti (Erissena) und Nicholas Tamagna (Timagene)

Dennis Orellana (Poro) und Ed Betton (Schauspieler)

Dennis Orellana (Poro)

Bruno de Sá (Cleofide) und Jake Arditti (Erissena)

Ed Betton (Actor), Nicholas Tamagna (Timagene), Benjamin Smart (Actor), Maayan Licht (Alessandro)

Stefan Sbonnik (Gandarte) und Dennis Orellana (Poro)

Bruno de Sá (Cleofide)

By Norman Schwarze, 13 April 2026

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“diese überbordende Fülle an Farben, Stoffen und Eindrücken macht die Inszenierung zum Geniestreich”

Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 12 April 2026

Vinci, Alessandro nell'Indie

MusikTheater an der Wien

Martyna Pastuszka, Conductor

Max Emanuel Cenčić, Director

Domenico Franchi, Set Designer

Giuseppe Palella, Costume Designer

David Debrinay, Lighting Designer

[Oh!] Orkiestra Historyczna

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Dennis Orellana, Poro

Bruno de Sá, Cleofide

Jake Arditti, Erissena

Maayan Licht, Alessandro

Stefan Sbonnik, Gandarte

Nicholas Tamagna, Timagene

Sumon Rudra, Choreography

Stefan Herheim’s bold Fledermaus at MusikTheater an der Wien

Chanda VanderHart, 13th October

Herheim’s Fledermaus is a risky experiment that, miraculously, works – at least in a city that knows it so intimately.

****1

Miroslav Srnka’s Voice Killer premieres at MusikTheater an der Wien

Chanda VanderHart, 16th June

At MusikTheater an der Wien, Miroslav Srnka’s new opera provess a deeply compelling, meticulously crafted work. It may not uplift, but it sears itself into the memory.

****1

Fish, frocks and farce: a Prokofiev romp in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 28th March

Damiano Michieletto directs a slick and frequently hilarious staging of Prokofiev's comic opera Betrothal in a Monastery.

***11

Grigorian and Akhmetshina dazzle in a secular Norma

Chanda VanderHart, 19th February

In a week where Vienna welcomes two new productions of Bellini's Norma, MusikTheater an der Wien sets a high bar with Vasily Barkhatov's staging.

****1

Freitag, der Dreizehnte celebrates Schoenberg at the Reaktor

Chanda VanderHart, 28th April

What do you get for the composer who made – and also kind of broke – everything? Arnold Schoenberg’s well-documented phobia of the number 13 aside, he could not have asked for a superior tribute in his 150th anniversary year.

****1

Not quite a premiere, not quite a success: Salieri’s Kublai Khan

Chanda VanderHart, 7th April

Martin G Berger exhaustively reworks the story and the libretto of Salieri's Cublai, gran kan de' Tartari and throws the kitchen sink at this new production, but not everything lands well.

***11

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Norman Schwarze

Norman ist Münchner, absoluter Reisefanatiker, Blogger und Opernliebhaber seit frühester Kindheit. Besonders begeistert er sich für progressive Inszenierungen und Stücke des 21. Jahrhunderts. Nach seinem Studium der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaften orientierte er sich neu und arbeitet nun als Produktmanager im Börsenumfeld. Das ist sein Blog: www.annees-de-pelerinage.com