Hoffmanns Erzählungen: Publikumshit an der Volksoper Wien

By Snapdragon, 23 April 2019

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“besser als im Opernhaus am Gürtel wird man Olympia (Beate Ritter) derzeit kaum erleben”

Reviewed at Volksoper Wien, Vienna on 17 April 2019

Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

Volksoper Wien

Alexander Joel, Conductor

Renaud Doucet, Director, Choreography

André Barbe, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Rebecca Nelsen, Antonia

Beate Ritter, Olympia

Caroline Melzer, Giulietta

Manuela Leonhartsberger, Nicklausse, The Muse

Marco Jentzsch, Hoffmann

Davide Damiani, Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Miracle

Martina Dorak, Stella

Martina Mikelić, Voice of Antonia's Mother

Karl-Michael Ebner, Andrès, Spalanzani

Christian Drescher, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio

Jeffrey Treganza, Nathanaël

Michael Havlicek, Hermann

Stefan Cerny, Luther, Crespel

Marco Di Sapia, Peter Schlémil

Thomas Böttcher, Choirmaster / chorus director

Chorus of the Vienna Volksoper

Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper

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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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.

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