It's always Carnival season

By Snapdragon, 29 September 2014

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“lovers of Strauss, Venice and period costumed slapstick will get their money’s worth”

Reviewed at Volksoper Wien, Vienna on 25 September 2014

Strauss II, A Night in Venice

Alfred Eschwé, Conductor

Hinrich Horstkotte, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Anita Götz, Annina

Claudia Goebl, Ciboletta

Sulie Girardi, Agricola Barbaruccio

Manuela Leonhartsberger, Barbara Delacqua

Garrie Davislim, Caramello

Thomas Paul, Guido

Wolfgang Hübsch, Bartolomeo Delacqua

Gerhard Ernst, Stefano Barbaruccio

Rinaldo conducts Rinaldo at the Karlsruhe Handel Festival

Mengguang Huang, 26th February

With dazzling set designs and powerhouse sopranos, Karlsruhe’s Rinaldo upholds the opera's Baroque fantasy allure in a flawed yet fascinating production, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini.

***11

Tausend Verführungen: Don Giovanni vom Staatstheater Meiningen

Michael Vieth, 28th February

Beseelte Tiefe und amüsanter Detailreichtum begeisterten beim Don Giovanni-Gastspiel des Meininger Theaters die Opernfans in Fürth.

****1

Ein höllisches Späßchen: Der Teufel auf Erden an der Volksoper Wien

Isabella Steppan, 19th May

Bunt inszeniert und aus dem Graben schwungvoll begleitet – so eröffnet die Volksoper mit Franz von Suppés Operette nach dem Lockdown.

***11

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

**111

Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

At half mast: Simon Boccanegra revived in Vienna

Orsolya Gyárfás, 19th April

Marco Armiliato's conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper's latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

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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.

A Night in Venice in the Volksoper Vienna: It's always Carnival Season