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ViennaAriadne auf Naxos
Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Bertrand de Billy; Sven-Eric Bechtolf; Vienna State Opera; Rolf Glittenberg; Marianne Glittenberg; Lise Davidsen; Erin Morley
ViennaLa traviataNew production
Verdi: La traviata
Giacomo Sagripanti; Simon Stone; Vienna State Opera; Robert Cousins; Alice Babidge; Pretty Yende; Frédéric Antoun
ViennaDon Pasquale
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Evelino Pidò; Irina Brook; Vienna State Opera; Nöelle Ginefri-Corbel; Sylvie Martin-Hyszka; Michele Pertusi; Rosa Feola
ViennaManon
Massenet: Manon
Evelino Pidò; Andrei Serban; Vienna State Opera; Peter Pabst; Louise Alder; Michael Fabiano
ViennaRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Paolo Carignani; Pierre Audi; Vienna State Opera; Christof Hetzer; Quinn Kelsey; Nina Minasyan
ViennaMadama ButterflyNew production
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Joana Mallwitz; Anthony Minghella; Vienna State Opera; Michael Levine; Han Feng; Hui He; Roberto Alagna
ViennaParsifalNew production
Wagner: Parsifal
Philippe Jordan; Kirill Serebrennikov; Vienna State Opera; Ludovic Tézier; Wolfgang Koch
ViennaTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Giampaolo Bisanti; Marco Arturo Marelli; Vienna State Opera; Dagmar Niefind-Marelli; Anna Pirozzi; Fabio Sartori
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Tosca aeterna: Anna Netrebko commands attention in Vienna

The Russian diva makes her Vienna role debut in Margarethe Wallmann's classic 1958 production.
Mahler, live: Martin Schläpfer takes the helm in Vienna

Considering the very abrupt transition to dance-on-film that most companies are contending with today, Mahler, live chooses to examine the beginnings of this genre.
Double vision in Wiener Staatsoper's Entführung

Actors double up with singers in Hans Neuenfels' innovative production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Vienna.
Konwitschny’s controversial Don Carlos a must-see in Vienna

A five-hour operatic marathon as the full, five-act French version of Verdi's epic Don Carlos returns to the Staatsoper after a seven-year hiatus.
An engaging revival of Simon Boccanegra at the Wiener Staatsoper

Tragic love, deceit, retribution... and Plácido Domingo. Despite its darkness, the Wiener Staatsoper's revival of Simon Boccanegra makes for an enjoyable evening.
Puccini is Calaf in Wiener Staatsoper's Turandot

A pleasurable evening of surprises in Marco Arturo Marelli’s Turandot.
Hero or villain? Don Giovanni at the Wiener Staatsoper

The Don is dark and light, the production somewhere in between, with strong singing and musical direction but stodgy staging.
Defiant Domingo's Macbeth wins them over at the Staatsoper

At 78, Domingo rages against the ravages of time, and – certainly in this production – shows the next generation a thing or two about stagecraft.