Zeiten(w)ende: Der Rosenkavalier erstmals an der Volksoper Wien

By Snapdragon, 03 November 2021

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“Jacquelyn Wagner versteht es, alle Zwischentöne in Hofmannsthals feinsinnigem Libretto zu zeigen”

Reviewed at Volksoper Wien, Vienna on 31 October 2021

Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier

Volksoper Wien

Hans Graf, Conductor

Josef Ernst Köpplinger, Director

Johannes Leiacker, Set Designer

Dagmar Morell, Costume Designer

Jacquelyn Wagner, Feldmarschallin

Lauren Urquhart, Sophie

Emma Sventelius, Octavian

Günter Haumer, Herr von Faninal

Stefan Cerny, Baron Ochs

Mara Mastalir, A milliner

Ulrike Steinsky, Marianne

Birgid Steinberger, Three noble orphans

Elvira Soukop, Three noble orphans

Sulie Girardi, Three noble orphans

Martina Mikelić, Annina

Alexander Pinderak, A vendor of pets

David Sitka, An innkeeper

Christian Drescher, Feldmarschallin's Major-Domo

Vincent Schirrmacher, Italian Singer

Karl-Michael Ebner, Valzacchi

Carsten Süss, Faninal's Major-Domo

Andreas Mitschke, Notary

Daniel Ohlenschläger, Police inspector

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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

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****1

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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

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A haunting, musically compelling impression of a woman whose life was shaped by creation, loss, and unfulfilled thirst for personal expression.

****1

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Lotte de Beer’s new retelling at the Volksoper reintroduces the element of shock into Bizet's popular opera.

****1

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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.