Vienna’s third opera house has more than London’s one

Vienna’s third opera house has more than London’s one

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norman lebrecht

April 19, 2024

The Theater an der Wien, back home after a two-year exile, has unfurled a season of 13 new productions.

They include a role debut for Asmik Grigorian as Norma, a piece called Voice Killer by the Czech composer Miroslav Srnka and a rare sighting of Prokofiev’s Betrothal in the Monastery.

Vienna, with a population below 2 million, has three fully functioning opera house. London, pop. 9 million, has just Covent Garden, open ten months of the year.

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