The Bartered Bride at the Volksoper doesn't make for a great deal

Par Snapdragon, 15 mars 2013

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Critique faite à Volksoper Wien, Vienne, le 13 mars 2013

Smetana, La Fiancée vendue (Prodaná nevěsta)

Volksoper Wien

Enrico Dovico, Direction

Helmut Baumann, Mise en scène

Mathias Fischer-Dieskau, Décors

Bohdana Szivacz, Chorégraphie

Alexander Trauner, Krušina

Renate Pitscheider, Ludmila

Caroline Melzer, Mařenka

Petar Naydenov, Micha

Alexandra Kloose, Háta

Paul Schweinester, Vašek

Matthias Klink, Jeník

Andreas Daum, Kecal

Anita Götz, Esmeralda

Mamuka Nikolaishvili, The Indian

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

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

Mark Pullinger, 5th December

When is The Nutcracker not The Nutcracker? When's it's mashed together with Tchaikovsky's Iolanta to represent the blind princess’ inner world in a dark interpretation.

****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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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.