Just in: Vienna Opera trims its season
mainDominique Meyer, the director, has been warning for a while that money is tight and he’ll have to cut back.
The new season, announced this morning, has just five new productions:
Ø Gluck Armide (16. October 2016 – Cond.: Marc Minkowski; Dir: Ivan Alexandre; Cast: Gaëlle Arquez, Paolo Rumetz, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Gabriel Bermúdez, Jinxu Xiahou, Olga Bezsmertna, Hila Fahima; Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre);
Ø Verdi Falstaff (4. December 2016 – Cond.: Zubin Mehta; Dir: David McVicar; Cast: Ambrogio Maestri, Ludovic Tézier, Paolo Fanale, Carmen Giannattasio, Hila Fahima, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Lilly Jørstad);
Ø Verdi Il trovatore (5. Februar 2017 – Cond: Marco Armiliato; Dir.: Daniele Abbado; Cast: Ludovic Tézier, Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Luciana D’Intino);
Ø Wagner Parsifal (30. März 2017 – Cond: Semyon Bychkov; Dir: Alvis Hermanis; Cast: Gerald Finley (pictured), Hans-Peter König, Christopher Ventris, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Nina Stemme);
Ø Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande (18. Juni 2017 – Cond: Alain Altinoglu; Dir: Marco Arturo Marelli; Cast: Franz-Josef Selig, Bernarda Fink, Benjamin Bruns, Simon Keenlyside, Olga Bezsmertna)
In all, the Vienna State Opera present 54 different operas around the year.
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