(Credit Gerard Collett) The Volksoper Wien has appointed Ben Glassberg as its new Music Director. The company said “Omer Meir Wellber announces his resignation as music director of the Volksoper Wien on December 31, 2023 for personal reasons. We are delighted to welcome British conductor Ben Glassberg as our new Music Director from 2024! We thank Omer Meir Wellber for {…}
The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the opera productions. New Productions Strauss’ “Salome” will star Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Ursula Pfitzner, Astrid Kessler, Tommi Hakala, and JunHo You. Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Salzburger Festspiele 1992 by Luc Bondy. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-Oct. 29, 2023 Offenbach’s “Die Reise zum Mond” is set to be conducted by Alfred Eschwé and {…}
French mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux made history on Feb. 1 during a presentation of Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld” at the Volskoper Wien. During the performance, Ledoux sang both the mezzo and the tenor role after Daniel Kluge pulled out, feeling sick. In a lengthy social media post, the mezzo said, “I’m sitting in the office next to our casting director’s {…}
The Volksoper Wien has announced a new Opera Studio under the new direction of Lotte de Beer. The new studio will be created for the 2022-23 season and will give six international singers and one pianist the opportunity to develop their artistic skills over the course of two seasons. The artistic director of the opera studio is the director and {…}
The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2021-22 season featuring ballet, opera, operetta, and musicals. For the purposes of this article we will only include the opera and operetta performances. New Productions Hans Graf conducts a new production of Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier“ in a new production by Josef Ernst Köpplinge. Jacquelyn Wagner stars as the Marschallin alongside Stefan Cerny, Emma Sventelius, {…}
(Credits: © WienTourismus / Christian Stemper / Landestheater Linz official website) The Volksoper Wien and Landestheater Linz have announced that they will remain closed until further notice. Both Austrian opera houses stated that they had no idea when performances could resume and that they will inform audiences in a timely manner when performances will be allowed. Meanwhile, the Theater an {…}
The Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Volksoper Wien, and Oper Graz have all announced their respective closures until at least Feb. 28, 2021. The announcements came as a result of a decision by Austrian federal authorities to extend the closure of cultural venues until at least Feb. 28, 2021. The Austrian federal government will reassess the situation regarding {…}
(Credits: Lyric Opera of Chicago official website / Rosie Hardy / https://www.inquirer.com/ © DR ) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the next slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. First up is Verdi’s “Don Carlo” from 2015 with Stefano Secco, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Maria Pia Piscitelli, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, and Ferruccio Furlanetto. Marco {…}
The Volksoper Wien has named Omer Meir Wellber as the new Music Director effective September 2022. Wellber will conduct new productions and repertoire performances for five seasons and will be responsible for the musical life of the Volksoper and for the development of the ensemble, the orchestra, and the chorus. He will begin working closely with the company as early {…}
The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of new productions and revivals. For this article we will only focus on the opera and operetta productions for the season. Premieres Henry Mason directs a new production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte“ with Stefan Cerny, Anna Siminska, Martin Mitterrutzner, Rebecca Nelsen, Jakob Semotan, and Juliette Khalil. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2019-20 season featuring an array of opera and operetta and five new productions that are sure to entice opera lovers. Premieres Marius Felix Lange’s “Das Gespenst von Canterville” is set to get a new production by Philipp M. Krenn. Anita Götz, Regula Rosin, Paul Schweinester, Rebecca Nelsen, and Birgid Steinberger star with Gerrit Prießnitz conducting. Performance Dates: Oct. 18, {…}