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Wagnerian Reign Ends for Philippe Jordan at Wiener Staatsoper

admin_mowp — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:31:06 +0000

He announced it back in 2022. Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan will not renew his prestigious contract as Music Director of the Wiener Staatsoper, following deep disagreements with Bogdan Roščić, the General Director of the renowned Austrian opera house.

Just weeks before Jordan’s departure, after serving since 2020, the news takes on a very real turn as he bids farewell with performances of Tannhäuser, Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle, and the final notes of Götterdämmerung, marking the end of an important chapter.

Philippe Jordan will then return to Paris, where he is set to become Music Director of the Orchestre National de France in 2027.

A passionate interpreter of Wagner, the former Music Director of the Paris Opera has never hidden his visceral attachment to the composer of Bayreuth, describing his music as “elemental, filled with a raw energy, which at first glance seems simple but goes incredibly deep, where emotion guides reason and the narrative is elevated by the music.”

Five masterpieces by the German Romantic genius will be performed from 22 May to 28 June 2025 at the Vienna State Opera, including Tannhäuser from 22 May to 4 June, Das Rheingold from 28 May to 20 June, Die Walküre from 2 to 22 June (already sold out), Siegfried from 8 to 25 June, and finally Götterdämmerung from 15 to 28 June 2025.

On stage, the great Wagnerian voices take centre stage, with tenor Andreas Schager—a key figure in the repertoire—starring in Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, and Die Walküre, alongside Anja Kampe as Brünnhilde and the powerful Simone Schneider, stepping in for new mother Lise Davidsen as Sieglinde. The production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf is a revival of the cycle created over several seasons between 2007 and 2009.

In Tannhäuser, rising star Clay Hilley takes the title role, partnered by the fiery Venus of Ekaterina Gubanova and the noble Elisabeth of Malin Byström. However, French baritone Ludovic Tézier, originally cast as Wolfram von Eschenbach, will not take part in the production and is replaced by Martin Gantner.

A blazing month of June awaits at the Wiener Staatsoper, where, between the fire of the Valkyries and the twilight of the gods highlighted by Philippe Jordan, this Wagnerian immersion is sure to be a major event.

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Philippe Jordan – c – Christian Michelines

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Philippe Jordan Honors France

admin_mowp — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:00:26 +0000

The twelve years he spent at the helm of the Paris National Opera left an indelible mark. Currently holding a head position at the Vienna State Opera, Philippe Jordan has expressed discomfort while announcing that he will not renew his term, which ends in 2025. Parisians and France eagerly awaited his return, and now it’s official! Appointed Music Director of the Orchestre National de France, Philippe Jordan—who served as Principal Conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker from 2014 to 2020—will regularly reconnect with his audience starting September 1, 2027. He has stated his intention to “strengthen the role of the Orchestre National de France as an ambassador of French musical excellence, reaching an ever-broader audience in Paris, throughout France, and internationally.” He will succeed the outstanding Cristian Măcelaru, who spent seven successful seasons leading the Orchestre National de France.

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Philippe Jordan (c) Peter Mayr

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A Russian Parsifal in Vienna

admin_mowp — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 08:00:48 +0000

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 in the role of Parsifal. The staging by the Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov plunges the audience into the prison world of corrupt prisons. The convincing transposition was praised by the press, which noted the echo with our contemporary society. All similarities…

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Yuja Wang star of the networks

admin_mowp — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 09:00:19 +0000

By posting a photo of her New Year’s Eve in Vienna surrounded by the prominent conductors Klaus Mäkelä and Philippe Jordan, she made the buzz. The famous pianist Yuja Wang has not forgotten her art, however, defending the concertos of the contemporary composer Magnus Lindberg, which she will perform this season in New York, Rome, London and also Paris, and at the Aix Festival in April 2023 with the Orchestre de Paris, where she will be reunited with Klaus Mäkelä.

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Yuja Wang (c) Kirk Edwards

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The Ring in Paris, against all odds!

admin_mowp — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:30:44 +0000

It will be behind closed doors, but the performances of Wagner’s Ring conducted by Philippe Jordan at the head of the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris will take place at the Opéra Bastille.

On December 26, 28, 30 et January 2 (8 pm), the prestigious cast including Lise Davidsen, Iain Paterson, Andreas Schager, Ricarda Merbeth, Ekaterina Gubanova and many others will be heard live on France Musique.

After a long hiatus due to the health crisis, Philippe Jordan wanted to “reunite the Orchestra and Choir around a rare and important project, which will both commit our artistic forces to a collective work and mark the end of my mandate within the company”.

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Philippe Jordan, future ex music director of the Opéra national de Paris

admin_mowp — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:48:29 +0000

When Paris is already in tears, Vienna can rejoice: conductor Philippe Jordan now Music Director of the Opéra national de Paris has been named Musikdirektor of the Wiener Staatsoper from 2020!

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