Event listing: Attila | Theater an der Wien | Event is in the past

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Theater an der WienLinke Wienzeile 6, Vienna, 1060, Austria

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Programme

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Libretto by Temistocle Solera / Francesco Maria Piave

Performers

MusikTheater an der Wien
Peter Konwitschny	Director
Johannes Leiacker	Set Designer
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Frizza	Conductor
Dmitry Belosselskiy	Bass	Attila
George Petean	Baritone	Ezio
Lucrecia Garcia	Soprano	Odabella
Nikolai Schukoff	Tenor	Foresto
Stefan Cerny	Bass	Leone (Pope Leo I)	2013 Jul 10

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These are not your father's Huns: Konwitschny's bold new Attila at Theater an der Wien

Chanda VanderHart, 10th July

Giuseppe Verdi’s Attila is not an opera that one hears often. Composed during his self-styled “galley period” – before he found his mature musical voice with Rigoletto – Attila has inherent musical and dramaturgical weaknesses. With one foot still firmly rooted in bel canto tradition, the numerous cabalettas can be exhausting, even ridiculous, considering the dramatic nature of the text.

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