A Viennese whirl through Mozart masterpieces in Bogotá

By Mark Pullinger, 03 April 2015

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“a terrific account of the “Jupiter” Symphony... energetic, muscular, dazzling”

Reviewed at Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogotá on 2 April 2015

Mozart, Così fan tutte, K588: Overture

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K491

Mozart, Symphony no. 41 in C major, "Jupiter”, K551

Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Stefan Vladar, Piano, 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

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

Ringelspiel mit Anfassen: Das Spitzentuch der Königin am MTadW

Norman Schwarze, 20th January

Christian Thausing liefert mit Das Spitzentuch der Königin von Johann Strauss II am frisch renovierten Theater an der Wien eine etwas lustlose Neuinszenierung ab, die leider auch musikalisch keine echten Highlights bietet.

**111

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.