Der letzte Csárdás in Budapest

By Isabella Steppan, 23 December 2015

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“nuanciertes Klangfeuerwerk zwischen ungarisch-paprikascharfem Csárdás und donauwelligem Walzer”

Reviewed at Volksoper Wien, Vienna on 21 December 2015

Kálmán, Die Csárdásfürstin (The Gypsy Princess)

Volksoper Wien

Rudolf Bibl, Conductor

Robert Herzl, Director

Pantelis Dessyllas, Set Designer

Silvia Strahammer, Costume Designer

Mara Mastalir, Countess Stasi

Ursula Pfitzner, Sylva Varescu

Maria Happel, Anhilte

Michael Havlicek, Baron Boni Káncsiánu

Szabolcs Brickner, Edwin Ronald

Kurt Schreibmayer, Feri von Kerekes

Matyas Jurkovics, Choreography

Vienna State Ballet

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

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

Femicide! A controversial Carmen from Lotte de Beer at the Volksoper

Chanda VanderHart, 6th October

Lotte de Beer’s new retelling at the Volksoper reintroduces the element of shock into Bizet's popular opera.

****1

The subconscious at play: Lady in the Dark at the Volksoper

Chanda VanderHart, 18th December

Kurt Weill's musical, with its focus on psychoanalysis, makes its Austrian premiere in the city of Sigmund Freud.

****1

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Isabella Steppan

Isabella lebt in Graz und unterrichtet Deutsch und Philosophie/Psychologie. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie am liebsten in der Oper, in klassischen Konzerten oder im Theater. Ihr Herz schlägt besonders für die Oper des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und die Operette. Als @operafangirl ist sie auf Twitter aktiv.

Der letzte Csárdás in Budapest: Es lebe die Liebe an der Volksoper