Performer: Lorenz C Aichner

Movement was so effectively utilised in this production, with elements of ballet, modern and Scottish folk melded in true Agnes de Mille fashion.

Under the headline “Why Lortzing?”, the evening’s programme lists 20 reasons by Lortzing biographer Jürgen Lodemann why this composer should not be forgotten, including the fact that Lortzing’s operas were the most-performed in Germany for about 150 years.

Hundert Jahre nach der Weltpremiere von Il trittico gelingt der Volksoper Wien ein würdiger Tribut an Puccinis Werk.