Oratorio in three acts (1744)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor: William Christie
Director: Robert Carsen
With Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Workman et al.
Les Arts Florissants
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Cooperation with the Zurich Opera House
season 2010|11
Opera
Semele
Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos
Opera in one act with a prologue (1916)
Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
In German
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
Director: Harry Kupfer
With Mari Eriksmoen, Johan Botha et al.
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Production of Theater an der Wien
Opera
Die sieben Todsünden
Music by Kurt Weill
Libretto by Bertolt Brecht
Conductor: Walter Kobéra
Director: Juliette Deschamps
With Angelika Kirchschlager, Catherine Hunold et al.
ORF Radio-Symphonierorchester Wien
Opera
La finta giardiniera
Dramma giocoso in three acts (1775)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In Italian with German surtitles
Musikalische Leitung: René Jacobs
Inszenierung: David Alden
With Jeffrey Francis, Sophie Karthäuser et al.
Freiburger Barockorchester
Production of Theater an der Wien
Opera
Il postino
Opera in three acts (2010)
Music and libretto by Daniel Catán
In Spanish with German subtitles
Conductor: Jeus López-Cobos
Director: Ron Daniels
With Placido Domingo, Israel Lozano et al.
Wiener Symphonie Orchester
Co-production with the Los Angeles Opera
European premiere
Opera
Castor et Pollux
Tragédie mise en musique in five acts (1754)
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
In French with German surtitles
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Director: Mariame Clément
With Maxim Mironov, Dietrich Henschel et al.
Les Talens Lyriques
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Production of Theater an der Wien
Opera
The Rape of Lucretia
Chamber Opera in two acts (1946)
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan
Based on a play by André Obey
In English with German surtitles
Conductor: Sian Edwards
Director: Keith Warner
With Angelika Kirchschlager, Angel Blue et al.
Klangforum Wien
Production of Theater an der Wien
Opera
Rodelinda, Regina de´ Longobardi
Dramma per musica in three acts (1725)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Libretto by Niccoló Francesco Haym
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Director: Philipp Harnoncourt
With Danielle de Niese, Kurt Streit et al.
Concentus Musicus Wien
New Production Theater an der Wien
Opera
Dialogues des Carmélites
Resumption
As part of OSTERKLANG 2011
Opera in three acts and twelve scenes (1957)
Music & Libretto by Francis Poulenc
Based on the play by
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
Director: Robert Carsen
With Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Patricia Petibon et al.
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Arnold Schoenberg-Chor
