Im Orient, da gibt’s ka Sünd: Mozarts Entführung an der Volksoper Wien

Rebecca Nelsen (Konstanze) und Murat Seven (Bassa Selim)

Stefan Cerny (Osmin) und Hedwig Ritter (Blonde)

Daniel Kluge (Pedrillo) und Timothy Fallon (Belmonte)

Daniel Kluge (Pedrillo) und Stefan Cerny (Osmin)

Rebecca Nelsen (Konstanze) und Murat Seven (Bassa Selim)

By Snapdragon, 20 June 2023

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

Reviewed at Volksoper Wien, Vienna on 17 June 2023

Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)

Volksoper Wien

Alfred Eschwé, Conductor

Nurkan Erpulat, Director

Magda Willi, Set Designer

Aleksandra Kica, Costume Designer

Alex Brok, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper

Chorus of the Vienna Volksoper

Rebecca Nelsen, Konstanze

Timothy Fallon, Belmonte

Stefan Cerny, Osmin

Hedwig Ritter, Blonde

Daniel Kluge, Pedrillo

Murat Seven, Bassa Selim

Roger Díaz-Cajamarca, Choirmaster / chorus director

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

More reviews...

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.

Im Orient, da gibt’s ka Sünd: Die Entführung aus dem Serail an der Volksoper Wien