| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2013 Theater an der Wien | Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict at the Theater an der Wien |
 Béatrice et Bénédict is Hector Berlioz’s last work; he wrote it between 1860 and 1862 for the theatre that patron Edouard Bénazet had built in Baden-Baden, then Germany’s most chic health resort. As the work proved an instant success, Bénazet probably never regretted that Berlioz had talked him out of a work set in the Thirty Years’ War in favour of a light opéra comique which is loosely based based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.Read full review... | |
| 19-Mar-2013 Theater an der Wien | Harnoncourt's Fidelio sees a remarkable directing debut in Vienna |
 The Theater an der Wien has a storied history with Fidelio, having hosted the première of the work’s first and second versions in 1805 and 1806 respectively. In 2013 this is a house more oriented to the present than the past, and in interviews prior to this new production, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt and director Herbert Föttinger warned that those accustomed to Beethoven’s only opera being performed by “war horse” or “armoured cruiser” orchestras would get “their ears cleaned out” by the work’s third version.Read full review... | |
| 26-Feb-2013 Theater an der Wien | Le nozze di Teti, e di Peleo: Rossini rarities in rare quality at the Theater an der Wien |
 In times where musical luxury is sometimes associated with having a pop star perform a short “Happy Birthday” and a handful of songs in a private performance – and for a usually undisclosed (and indecent) fee, having a whole piece of music composed for an occasion, or organising a private performance by a famous orchestra, is almost unimaginable.Read full review... | |
| 20-Feb-2013 Theater an der Wien | Sex, wine and bel canto bliss: Le Comte Ory at the Theater an der Wien |
 When Jean-Christophe Spinosi stepped onto the podium to conduct Le Comte Ory that night, he didn’t wait for his applause to cease, but instantly cued a hearty forte from the Ensemble Matheus, and consequently a few incredulous looks from the audience.Read full review... | |
