A new production is always an event at the Wiener Staatsoper. What can we say when we’re talking about three operas! On 4 October 2023, Austria’s leading opera house will welcome Puccini’s Il trittico. Philippe Jordan conducts the three operas that make up this famous triptych in one evening: Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni […]
What if the best Parsifal of the season was Viennese? Wagner‘s opera will be performed at the prestigious Vienna State Opera from 6 to 16 April 2023, during Easter week as tradition demands. The sacred stage festival is conduted by Philippe Jordan, who has assembled a prestigious cast with Klaus Florian Vogt succeeding Jonas Kaufmann […]
From 9 October 2022, the Vienna State Opera will revive David Pountney‘s production (created in 2002) of Leos Janácek‘s masterpiece to offer a role to the new star of sopranos. Jenufa will be performed by Asmik Grigorian, an exceptional voice and exemplary actress. Conductor Tomáš Hanus, a great specialist of the repertoire, made his debut […]
As in the rest of Austria, the Wiener Staatsoper has closed its doors to avoid contamination. The good news is that the legendary Viennese opera house is reopening its doors to the public and will welcome its audience again from this evening, 13 December 2021. For safety reasons, it was decided to cancel the Vienna […]
The superstar soprano from all over the world has just undergone emergency shoulder surgery, leading to cancellations and a chain reaction. She was due to perform Verdi’s Nabucco at the Vienna State Opera in November, fortunatly Saioa Hernández and María José Siri have been called in to replace her. However, fans and her many admirers […]
The Vienna Opera House, the famous Wiener Staatsoper, is soon having a huge event. On March 21, 2019, Richard Strauss’ Rosenkavalier will be performed for the thousandth time. The most Viennese of all operas in Otto Schenk’s timeless production is directed by Adam Fischer. Adrianne Pieczonka performs as die Marschallin, Peter Rose as Ochs, Stephanie […]
Andrea Chénier is back! Giordano’s masterpiece is having a new large interest of the audience in recent years thanks to the many tenors who approach the role. After Marcelo Álvarez, Roberto Alagna or Jonas Kaufmann, Gregory Kunde performs again as Andrea Chénier but for the first time at the Wiener Staatsoper, from January 6 to […]
A World Premiere is always a special event for an Opera House and particularly when this Opera House is the Wiener Staatsoper. On December 8 is premiered Johannes Maria Staud’s Die Weiden (The Willows) by German lyricist Durs Grünbein. The world premier is conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and staged by Andrea Moses.
At the Wiener Staatsoper from 10 November, ballet director Manuel Legris presents is own choreography of Léo Delibes’ ballet masterpiece Sylvia for the Wiener Staatsballett. A total of ten performances, is scheduled until January 2019.
Tonight at the Wiener Staatsoper, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is perfomed by a new soprano who replaces Kristīne Opolais. Soprano Elena Guseva performs as Cio-cio-san, a role she already performed at Moscow’s Stanislavski Theater. Her repertoire includes different roles such as Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Oneguine, Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Leonora in Verdi’s La […]
