season 2011|12
Junges Ensemble des Theater an der Wien
In 2012|13, seven skilled young soloists will present five opera production in Wiener Kammeroper—and present themselves in seven portrait recitals.
Introduction matinée "The Turn of the Screw"
Dramatic adviser Karin Bohnert welcomes guests from the production of "The Turn of the Screw"
Opening night 2011|12
Conductor: Michael Boder
With Christine Schäfer, Tobias Moretti, Karl Markovics and
Michael Maertens
Klangforum Wien
The Turn of the Screw
Oper in one prologue and two acts (1954)
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the novel by Henry James
In English with German surtitels
Conductor: Cornelius Meister
Director: Robert Carsen
With Nikolai Schukoff, Sally Matthews et al.
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Production of Theater an der Wien
Street Scene
American opera in two acts (1947)
Music by Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Book by Elmer Rice
Lyrics by Langston Hughes
by arrangement with European American Music Corporation
In English
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
With Paul Curievici, Geoffrey Dolton et al.
BBC Concert Orchestra
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
A production by The Opera Group/Young Vic and the Watford Palace Theatre and BBCCO
Im Opiumrausch
A comical ceremonial act: 105 1/2 years „Hölle“
Concept: Georg Wacks
Set & costum design: Stefan Fleischhacker
Performers: Elena Schreiber, Stefan Fleischhacker, Martin Thoma, Georg Wacks and Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz
Musical accompaniment will be provided by the company „Albero Verde“, conducted by Hannes Drobetz.
Barbara Klebel-Vock, Rainer Ullreich, Violin| Ruth Ferlic, Cello | Reinhold Brunner, Clarinet
Introduction matinée "Serse"
Dramatic adviser Karin Bohnert welcomes guests from the production of "Serse"
Serse
Dramma per musica in three acts (1738)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Story by Nicolò Minato and Christian Postel
In Italian with German surtitels
Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Director: Adrian Noble
With Malena Ernman, Bejun Mehta, Danielle de Niese et al.
Ensemble Matheus
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Production of Theater an der Wien
Orlando furioso
Dramma per musica in three acts (1727)
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Libretto by Grazio Braccioli
Opera in concert in Italian
Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
With Delphine Galou, Marina de Liso et al.
Ensemble Matheus
Vogel Herzog Idiot
New venue: Wiener Kammeroper
4th Novemver 2012, 8pm
Three Mini-Mono-Operas for Bassbaritone and Chamber orchestra
Heute Abend Boris Godunow (2008/11)
Music: Karmella Tsepkolenko; Libretto: Kristine Tornquist
Blaubarts (2011)
Music: Samu Gryllus; Libretto: Zoltán András Bán
Papagenono. Eine Ausflucht (2011)
Music: Johanna Doderer; Libretto: Franzobel
Idea und Conception: Rupert Bergmann & Jury Everhartz
Conductor: Anna Sushon
Director: Kristine Tornquist
Bassbaritone: Rupert Bergmann
Introduction matinée "Gogol"
Dramatic adviser Karin Bohnert welcomes guests from the production of "Gogol"
Gogol
Opera in seven scenes and three acts (World premiere)
Music and libretto based on the play by Lera Auerbach
In Russian with German surtitels
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Director: Christine Mielitz
With Martin Winkler, Otto Katzameier, Ladislav Elgr, Natalia Ushakova et al.
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Commissioned by Theater an der Wien
Jephtha
Oratory in three acts (1752)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Libretto by Thomas Morell
In English
Conductor: William Christie
With Kurt Streit, Katherine Watson, David D. Q. Lee and
Neal Davies
Les Arts Florissants
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Dramma per musica in drei Akten (1724)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Opera in concert in Italian
Conductor: Alan Curtis
With Marie Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin et al.
Il complesso barocco
Introduction matinée "L'Orfeo"
Dramatic adviser Karin Bohnert welcomes guests from the production of "L'Orfeo"
L'Orfeo
Favola in musica (1607)
Music by Claudio Monteverdi
In Italian with German surtitles
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Director: Claus Guth
With John Mark Ainsley, Mari Eriksmoen et al.
Freiburger Barockorchester
Monteverdi Continuo Ensemble
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Production of Theater an der Wien
Catone in Utica
Dramma per musica in three acts (1737)
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Opera in concert in Italian
Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
With Magnus Staveland, Sonia Prina et al.
Modo Antiquo
Iolanta | Francesca da Rimini
IOLANTA by Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI by Sergei Rachmaninow
In Russian with German surtitles
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Director: Stephen Lawless
With Olga Mykytenko, Saimir Pirgu, Dmitry Belosselsky,...
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
New Production of Theater an der Wien
Les Boulingrin
Opéra bouffe (2010)
Music by Georges Aperghis
Conductor: Emilio Pomárico
With Lionel Peintre, Donatienne Michel-Dansac et al.
Klangforum Wien
Commissioned by Opéra Comique Paris
Deidamia
Monday, 30th January, 7 pm
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Opera in concert in Italian
Conductor: Alan Curtis
With Karina Gauvin, Marie-Claude Chappuis et al.
Il complesso barocco
Telemaco
Sunday 19 February 2012
Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck
In Italian with German surtitles
Conductor: René Jacobs
Director: Torsten Fischer
With Rainer Trost, Bejun Mehta, Anett Fritsch et al.
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
New Production of Theater an der Wien
Il Giustino
21th February 2012, 7 pm
Dramma per musica in three acts (1724)
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Stefano Molardi
With Ileana Mateescu, Maria Grazia Schiavo et al.
I Virtuosi delle Muse
Margot, Memoirs of an Unhappy Queen
26th February, 7.30 pm
Goran Bregović
Wedding & Funeral Brass Band
Belgrade Sextet of Male Voices
String Quintet
Wedding and Funeral Orchestra
The Fairy Queen
1st March, 7 pm
Semi-opera (1692)
Music by Henry Purcell
Opera in concert in English
Conductor: Robert King
With Lucy Crowe, James Gilchrist and
David Wilson-Johnson
The King’s Consort
Ariodante
9th March 2012, 7 pm
Dramma per musica in three acts (1735)
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Concert version in Italian
Conductor: Alan Curtis
With Sarah Connolly, Marie-Nicole Lemieux et al.
Il complesso barocco
Introduction matinée "Les contes d'Hoffmann"
Dramatic adviser Karin Bohnert welcomes guests from the production of "Les contes d´Hoffmann"
Les contes d'Hoffmann
Opéra-fantastique in five acts (1881)
Music by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Director: William Friedkin
With Kurt Streit, Mari Eriksmoen, Juanita Lascarro et al.
Wiener Symphoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Production of Theater an der Wien
Les contes d'Hoffmann
Opéra-fantastique in five acts (1881)
Music by Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Jules Barbier based on on the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
In French with German supertitels
Edited by Michael Kaye und Jean-Christophe Keck
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Director: William Friedkin
With Kurt Streit, Mari Eriksmoen, Juanita Lascarro et al.
Wiener Symphoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Production of Theater an der Wien
Theodora
21st March, 7 pm
Oratory by Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor: Hervé Niquet
With Sandrine Piau, Patricia Bardon et al.
Le Concert Spirituel
Christus am Ölberge
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
With Johan Botha, Gerald Finley and Camilla Nylund
Wiener Philharmoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Ltg. Erwin Ortner)
Christus am Ölberge
31th March, 3.30 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
With Johan Botha, Gerald Finely and Camilla Nylund
Wiener Philharmoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Choir (Ltg. Erwin Ortner)
Johannes-Passion
As part of OSTERKLANG 2012
Conductor: Stephen Layton
With Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson,
Stuart Jackson, Iestyn Davies and Derek Welton
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Polyphony
Johannes-Passion
Conductor: Stephen Layton
With Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson,
Stuart Jackson, Iestyn Davies and Derek Welton
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Polyphony
La cena del Signore
As part of OsterKlang 2012
Conductor: Ruben Dubrovsky
Countertenor: Franco Fagioli
Bach Consort
Matthäus-Passion
Conductor: Martin Haselböck
Wiener Akademie
With Tilman Lichdi, Sophie Junker, Agnes Scheibelreiter, Carlos Mena, Ida Aldrian, James Oxley, Jan Petryka, marcus Niedermeyr and José Antonio López
Matthäus-Passion
As part of OsterKlang 2012
Conductor: Martin Haselböck
Wiener Akademie
With Tilman Lichdi, Sophie Junker, Agnes Scheibelreiter, Carlos Mena, Ida Aldrian, James Oxley, Jan Petryka, marcus Niedermeyr and José Antonio López
Lux aeterna
As part of OsterKlang 2012
Conductor: Johannes Hiemetsberger
Chorus sine Nomine
Ensemble Tonus
Introduction matinée "Hamlet"
Dramatic adviser Karin Bohnert welcomes guests from the production of "Hamlet"
Hamlet
Opéra in five acts (1868)
Music by Ambroise Thomas
In French with German surtitles
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Director: Olivier Py
With Stéphane Degout, Christine Schäfer et al.
Wiener Symphoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Production of Theater an der Wien
Svatební Košile (The Spectre's Bride)
Dramatic cantata (1885)
Music by Antonín Dvořák
Text based on Karel Jaromir Erben
Opera in concert in Czech
Conductor: Tomáš Netopil
With Maria Porubcinova, Ladislav Elgr and Ivan Kusnjer
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Les contes d'Hoffmann | New production
Opéra-fantastique in five acts (1881)
Music by Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Jules Barbier based on the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Edited by Michael Kaye und Jean-Christophe Keck
In French with German surtitles
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Director: Roland Geyer
Wiener Symphoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Ltg. Erwin Ortner)
Production of Theater an der Wien
Introduction matinée "La donna del lago"
Dramatic adviser Karin Bohnert welcomes guests from the production of "La donna del lago"
La donna del lago
Premiere: Friday 10 August 2012, 7.30 pm
Melodramma in two acts by Gioachino Rossini
In Italian with German surtitles
Conductor: Leo Hussain
Director: Christof Loy
With Malena Ernman, Luciano Botelho et al.
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Co-production with Grand Théâtre de Genève
