Frauenpower und Turboklamauk: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

Lauren Urquhart (Anna Reich) und Statisterie

Aaron Pendleton (Herr Reich), Daniel Schmutzhard (Herr Fluth) und Carsten Süss (Junker Spärlich)

Anett Fritsch (Frau Fluth), Martin Winkler (Sir John Falstaff) und Stephanie Maitland (Frau Reich)

JunHo You (Fenton) und Carsten Süss (Junker Spärlich)

JunHo You (Fenton) und Lauren Urquhart (Anna Reich)

Lauren Urquhart (Anna Reich) und Statisterie

Martin Winkler (Sir John Falstaff) und Daniel Schmutzhard (Herr Fluth)

By Snapdragon, 15 May 2023

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“die Inszenierung schätzen Freunde von Slapstick ebenso wie jene, die die feinere Klinge bevorzugen”

Reviewed at Volksoper Wien, Vienna on 13 May 2023

Nicolai, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

Volksoper Wien

Ben Glassberg, Conductor

Nina Spijkers, Director

Rae Smith, Set Designer

Jorine van Beek, Costume Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper

Chorus of the Vienna Volksoper

Theresa Dax, Anna Reich

Anett Fritsch, Frau Fluth

Stephanie Maitland, Frau Reich

JunHo You, Fenton

Carsten Süss, Junker Spärlich

Alexander Fritze, Dr Cajus

Daniel Schmutzhard, Herr Fluth

Aaron Pendleton, Herr Reich

Martin Winkler, Sir John Falstaff

Florian Hurler, Choreography

Roger Díaz-Cajamarca, Conductor

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.

Frauenpower und Turboklamauk: Otto Nicolais Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor an der Volksoper