Vienna Opera manages just five new productions

Here’s a summary from Larry Lash of next season’s Vienna highlights:

PREMIEREN 

Rossini: „Il barbiere di Siviglia” – Herbert Fritsch (replaces 1966 production – shown 444 times) Flórez, Crebasa, Luciano; Mariotti

Mozart: „Don Giovanni“ – Barrie Kosky (replaces 2010 production – shown 60 times) – Ketelson, Müller, Lindsey, Sly, Anger; Jordan

Berg: „Wozzeck“ – Simon Stone (replaces 1987 production – shown 38 times) – Gerhaher, Kampe; Jordan

Wagner: „Tristan und Isolde“ – Calixto Bieito (replaces 2013 production – shown 18 times) – Schager, Serafin, Pape, Gubanova, Paterson; Jordan

Monteverdi: „L’Orfeo“ – Tom Morris (company premiere) – Nigl, Zámečníková, Lindsey; Heras-Casado (Concentus Musicus Wien)

José Carreras – Farewell Gala

Plácido Domingo – „Noche espanola“

Lisette Oropesa, Erwin Schrott, René Pape, Piotr Beczała – solo concerts

Rossini Festival (guest performances) – June/July 2022

Bartoli, Abdrazakov, Alaimo, Villazón – Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco/Choeur de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo

„La Cenerentola“

„Il turco in Italia“

Three new ballet evenings:

„Im siebten Himmel“ – Marco Goecke/Schläpfer/Balanchine

„Liebeslieder“ – Robbins („Other Dances“)/Lucinda Childs/Balanchine („Liebeslieder-Walzer“)

„Die Jahreszeiten“ – Schläpfer

Nureyev-Gala