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Venue: Volksoper Wien, Vienna

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AddressWähringer Str. 78
1090 Vienna
Austria
Google maps48° 13' 28.101" N 16° 21' 0.369" E
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An empty glitter bomb: Aschenbrödels Traum at the Volksoper Wien

Daniel Schmutzhard (Johann Strauss) and Juliette Khalil (Ida Grünwald) © Marco Sommer | Volksoper Wien
A dizzying premise from Martina Eisenreich and Axel Ranisch, loosely drawing on Johann Strauss II’s unfinished ballet Aschenbrödel, which tries to be everything, all at once. 
***11
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Death, interrupted: KaiserRequiem moves at the Volksoper

Seiyoung Kim (Harlequin), Josef Wagner (Death), Wallis Giunta and Marta Schiumarini (Drummer) © Ashley Taylor
Omer Meir Wellber’s Mozart-Ullmann mash-up sounds like a terrible idea, but absolutely hits the mark. 
****1
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Paging Dr Freud! Iolanta and the Nutcracker at the Volksoper Wien

Mila Schmidt (Iolanta) and ensemble © Ashley Taylor | Wiener Staatsballett (2022)
When is The Nutcracker not The Nutcracker? When's it's mashed together with Tchaikovsky's Iolanta to represent the blind princess’ inner world in a dark interpretation. 
****1
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Ella Milch-Sheriff’s Alma emerges as a dark triumph at the Volksoper

Josef Wagner (Gustav Mahler) and Annette Dasch (Alma Mahler-Gropius-Werfel) © Barbara Pálffy | Volksoper Wien
A haunting, musically compelling impression of a woman whose life was shaped by creation, loss, and unfulfilled thirst for personal expression.
****1
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Femicide! A controversial Carmen from Lotte de Beer at the Volksoper

Katia Ledoux (Carmen) and Tomislav Mužek (Don José) © Barbara Pálffy | Volksoper Wien
Lotte de Beer’s new retelling at the Volksoper reintroduces the element of shock into Bizet's popular opera. 
****1
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The subconscious at play: Lady in the Dark at the Volksoper

Kurt Weill's musical, with its focus on psychoanalysis, makes its Austrian premiere in the city of Sigmund Freud. 
****1
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Brigadoon charms in Austrian premiere at the Volksoper

Movement was so effectively utilised in this production, with elements of ballet, modern and Scottish folk melded in true Agnes de Mille fashion.
****1
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Verdi’s family drama: Die Räuber at the Volksoper

In the city of Freud there is nothing like a bit of family drama to put one in the mood for a great season of opera!
***11
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