Die Mischung macht’s: eine junge alte Salome an der Volksoper Wien

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Herodes), Astrid Kessler (Salome) und Ursula Pfitzner (Herodias)

Tommi Hakala (Jochanaan) und Astrid Kessler (Salome)

Salome

Astrid Kessler (Salome; Probenfoto)

Astrid Kessler (Salome)

By Snapdragon, 24 September 2023

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“ein gespenstisches wie faszinierendes Schauspiel”

Reviewed at Volksoper Wien, Vienna on 22 September 2023

Strauss R., Salome

Volksoper Wien

Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor

Luc Bondy, Director

Erich Wonder, Set Designer

Susanne Raschig, Costume Designer

Alexander Koppelmann, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper

Chorus of the Vienna Volksoper

Astrid Kessler, Salome

Ursula Pfitzner, Herodias

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Herodes

JunHo You, Narraboth

Tommi Hakala, Jochanaan

Pablo Santa Cruz, 1st Nazarene

Stanisław Napierała, 2nd Nazarene

Ben Connor, 1st Soldier

Daniel Ohlenschläger, 2nd Soldier

Alexander Fritze, 5th Jew

Stephen Chaundy, 4th Jew

David Kerber, 2nd Jew

Karl-Michael Ebner, 1st Jew

Stephanie Maitland, Herodias' Page

Lucinda Childs, Choreography

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.