Gnadenlos genial: L’opera seria am Theater an der Wien

Julie Fuchs, Serena Gamberoni, Andrea Carroll, Josh Lovell, Roberto de Candia, Pietro Spagnoli

Roberto de Candia (Delirio), Pietro Spagnoli (Fallito), Petr Nekoranec (Sospiro)

Andrea Carroll (Smorfiosa), Julie Fuchs (Stonatrilla), Serena Gamberoni (Porporina), Josh Lovell

L’opera seria

Serena Gamberoni (Porporina), Andrea Carroll, Julie Fuchs (Stonatrilla), Josh Lovell (Ritornello)

By Snapdragon, 05 March 2026

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“so viel Talent, so viele Liebe zum Detail... hier gibt es mehr als einen Grund zu feiern”

Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 2 March 2026

Gassmann, L'opera seria

MusikTheater an der Wien

Christophe Rousset, Conductor

Laurent Pelly, Director, Costume Designer

Massimo Troncanetti, Set Designer

Marco Giusti, Lighting Designer

Les Talens Lyriques

Kai Weßler, Dramaturgy

Serena Gamberoni, Porporina

Andrea Carroll, Smorfiosa

Julie Fuchs, Stonatrilla

Alberto Allegrezza, Bragherona

Josh Lovell, Ritornello

Petr Nekoranec, Sospiro

Roberto de Candia, Delirio

Alessio Arduini, Passagallo

Pietro Spagnoli, Fallito

Nicholas Tamagna, Befana

Filippo Mineccia, Caverna

Lionel Hoche, 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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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.