Paging Dr Freud! Iolanta and the Nutcracker at the Volksoper Wien

Mila Schmidt (Iolanta) and ensemble

Mila Schmidt (Iolanta) and Felipe Vieira (Nutcracker Prince)

Iolanta and the Nutcracker

Annelie Sophie Müller (Laura), Olesya Golovneva (Iolanta) and Anita Götz (Brigitte)

Olesya Golovneva (Iolanta) and Mila Schmidt (Iolanta)

Par Mark Pullinger, 06 décembre 2024

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“something tells you this is not a festive Nutcracker for kids”

Critique faite à Volksoper Wien, Vienne, le 5 décembre 2024

Tchaïkovski, Iolanta

Tchaïkovski, Casse-Noisette (excerpts)

Volksoper Wien

Keren Kagarlitsky, Direction

Alfred Eschwé, Direction

Lotte de Beer, Mise en scène

Katrin Lea Tag, Décors

Jorine van Beek, Costumes

Alex Brok, Lumières

Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper

Chorus of the Vienna Volksoper

Hedwig Ritter, Iolanta

Alexander Fritze, King René

Jason Kim, Vaudémont

Trevor Haumschilt-Rocha, Robert

Szymon Komasa, Ibn-Hakia

Katia Ledoux, Martha

Alexandra Flood, Brigitta

Camila Aguilera Yáñez, Laura

Stanisław Napierała, Alméric

Smelo Mahlangu, Bertrand

Gabriele Aime, The Nutcracker

Mila Schmidt, Danse

Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Chorégraphie

Kurs auf Klamauk: Die Piraten von Penzance an der Volksoper Wien

Snapdragon, 27th March

Viktorianische Rüschen, verrutschte Schnurrbärte und Katia Ledoux als Mezzo-Piratenkönig. Die Inszenierung an der Volksoper sorgt sichtlich für Unterhaltung, kann die Schwächen von Gilbert und Sullivan aber nicht wettmachen.

***11

An empty glitter bomb: Aschenbrödels Traum at the Volksoper Wien

Chanda VanderHart, 4th December

A dizzying premise from Martina Eisenreich and Axel Ranisch, loosely drawing on Johann Strauss II’s unfinished ballet Aschenbrödel, which tries to be everything, all at once.

***11

Eine Nacht in Venedig als Marvel-Maskerade an der Volksoper Wien

Snapdragon, 25th October

Ausgerechnet am 200. Geburtstag von Johann Strauß, bleibt seine Operette ein belangloser Verkleidungs- und Verwechslungsklamauk.

**111

Achtzigerjahre Sitcom und Handarbeitsstunde: Figaro an der Volksoper

Snapdragon, 24th May

Lotte de Beers Inszenierung ist am Ende des Abends billiger Klamauk, schrammt aber – wenn auch knapp – an einer Katastrophe vorbei.

***11

Death, interrupted: KaiserRequiem moves at the Volksoper

Chanda VanderHart, 25th January

Omer Meir Wellber’s Mozart-Ullmann mash-up sounds like a terrible idea, but absolutely hits the mark.

****1

Ella Milch-Sheriff’s Alma emerges as a dark triumph at the Volksoper

Chanda VanderHart, 31st October

A haunting, musically compelling impression of a woman whose life was shaped by creation, loss, and unfulfilled thirst for personal expression.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.