Achtzigerjahre Sitcom und Handarbeitsstunde: Figaro an der Volksoper

Le nozze di Figaro

Michael Arivony (Figaro), Jaye Simmons (Barbarina), Daniel Schmutzhard (Il conte d'Almaviva)

Annelie Sophie Müller, Lauren Urquhart, Matilda Sterby, Daniel Schmutzhard und Michael Arivony

Stefan Cerny (Bartolo) und Ulrike Steinsky (Marcellina)

Annelie Sophie Müller (Cherubino) und Lauren Urquhart (Susanna)

Daniel Schmutzhard (Almaviva), Matilda Sterby (La contessa d´Almaviva), Lauren Urquhart (Susanna)

Matilda Sterby (La contessa d´Almaviva)

By Snapdragon, 26 May 2025

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“das Lachen bleibt einem aber bei allem Klamauk im Hals stecken”

Reviewed at Volksoper Wien, Vienna on 24 May 2025

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Volksoper Wien

Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor

Lotte de Beer, Director

Rae Smith, Set Designer

Jorine van Beek, Costume Designer

Alex Brok, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper

Chorus of the Vienna Volksoper

Daniel Schmutzhard, Count Almaviva

Matilda Sterby, Countess Almaviva

Michael Arivony, Figaro

Lauren Urquhart, Susanna

Annelie Sophie Müller, Cherubino

Ulrike Steinsky, Marcellina

Stefan Cerny, Doctor Bartolo

Timothy Fallon, Don Basilio, Don Curzio

Martin Winkler, Antonio

Jaye Simmons, Barbarina

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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