Unerhörte Jugendfrische

By Simon Haasis, 02 May 2016

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 28 April 2016

Gluck, Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 12 in A major, K414 (K385p)

Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92

Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Lars Vogt, Piano

Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor

Physiology, puppetry and pharmaceuticals at Theater an der Wien

Chanda VanderHart, 15th May

Director Nikolaus Habjan took Oberon’s inherent miscellany and ran with it, straight into a retro-futurism aesthetic.

****1

A visually strong Der Kaiser von Atlantis at the Kammeroper

Chanda VanderHart, 11th January

To those unfamiliar with Victor Ullman’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, oder Die Tod-Verweigerung, the story of the work’s inception is almost as gripping as the libretto itself.

***11

Out of the Woods: an urban Hänsel und Gretel

Chanda VanderHart, 14th May

A very creative reading – both scenically and musically – of Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel for Theater an der Wien's final production of the season at the Kammeroper.

****1

A Viennese whirl through Mozart masterpieces in Bogotá

Mark Pullinger, 2nd April

Bogotá has plenty of superb artists in its mammoth Mozart-fest, but there can be no finer exponents of Viennese style than the Vienna Chamber Orchestra.

*****

Babar charms all ages at the Konzerthaus

Chanda VanderHart, 4th October

In yesterday’s matinee concert at the Konzerthaus, the Wiener KammerOrchester, Stefan Vladar and Thomas Quasthoff presented music by Mozart, Prokofiev and Poulenc in a family-friendly format.

****1

Mill's will get you anything – and in La cambiale di matrimonio at the Vienna Kammeroper, you can't ask for more

Snapdragon, 21st October

A father having marriage plans for his daughter of which the latter does not approve may not be the most original plot, but it has inspired operas throughout the centuries, with well-known examples being The Bartered Bride and Arabella.

****1

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Simon Haasis

Simon Haasis ist Musik- und Kulturwissenschaftler, der in Wien lebt und arbeitet. Auf der Zielgerade zu seiner Dissertation befindlich, macht er das Wiener Konzert- und Opernleben unsicher, indem er stets auf der Suche nach ausgewählten Raritäten von der Renaissancemusik bis zur neuesten Avantgarde ist. Besonders angetan hat es ihm das Musiktheater in seinen vielfältigen Ausdrucksformen. Neben publizistischer und vortragender Tätigkeit lehrt er derzeit an der Universität Wien zur französischen Operngeschichte.

Unerhörte Jugendfrische: Das Wiener KammerOrchester unter Sir Neville Marriner