 In the upcoming streaming week the Vienna State Operawill be showing a varied programme from its extensive digital archive at play.wiener-staatsoper.at:
The first will be Donizetti`s Don Pasquale, a recording of the 2015 premiere series, with Jesús López Cobos and Michele Pertusi, Valentina Naforniţă, Juan Diego Flórez and Alessio Arduini (23 and 26 March), followed by Verdi`s Rigoletto from 2016 with Carlos Álvarez, Juan Diego Flórez, Olga Peretyatko and Evelino Pidò conducting (24 March) and Massenet`s Manon from 2019 with Frédéric Chaslin, Nino Machaidze, Juan Diego Flórez and Adrian Eröd (25 March).
The rest of the streaming week is dedicated to Richard Wagner. The Vienna State Opera will be streaming Der fliegende Holländer from 2015 (conductor: Peter Schneider) with Michael Volle, Hans-Peter König, Ricarda Merbeth and Herbert Lippert (27 March), the first two evenings of the Ring tetralogy from 2016 conducted by Adam Fischer follow with Das Rheingold and Die Walküre. The cast for Das Rheingold includes Tomasz Konieczny, Norbert Ernst, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Herwig Pecoraro and Michaela Schuster (28 March) and for Die Walküre Christopher Ventris, Ain Anger, Waltraud Meier, Linda Watson and Tomasz Konieczny (29 March).
All streams listed below are available free of charge in Austria as well as internationally on our website play.wiener-staatsoper.at. Each begins at 7:00 p.m. and the broadcasts can be accessed for 24 hours.
The programme up to and including 29 March 2021:
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Gaetano Donizetti
DON PASQUALE (performance of 8 May 2015)
Dramma buffo in three acts
Conductor: Jesús López Cobos
Production: Irina Brook
Featuring Performances: Michele Pertusi, Valentina Naforniţă, Juan Diego Flórez, Alessio Arduini
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
RIGOLETTO (performance of 28 January 2016).
Melodramma in three acts
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Production: Pierre Audi
Featuring Performances: Carlos Álvarez, Juan Diego Flórez, Olga Peretyatko, Ain Anger, Nadia Krasteva
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Jules Massenet
MANON (performance of 9 June 2019).
Opéra comique in five acts
Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin
Production: Andrei Serban
Featuring Performances: Nino Machaidze, Juan Diego Flórez, Adrian Eröd
Friday, 26 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Gaetano Donizetti
DON PASQUALE (performance of 8 May 2015)
Dramma buffo in three acts
Conductor: Jesús López Cobos
Production: Irina Brook
Featuring Performances: Michele Pertusi, Valentina Naforniţă, Juan Diego Flórez, Alessio Arduini
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (performance of 11 September 2015).
Romantic opera in three acts
Conductor: Peter Schneider
Production: Christine Mielitz
Featuring Performances: Michael Volle, Hans-Peter König, Ricarda Merbeth, Herbert Lippert
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DAS RHEINGOLD (performance from 10 January 2016)
Preliminary evening of the stage festival
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Production: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Featuring Performances: Tomasz Konieczny, Norbert Ernst, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Herwig Pecoraro, Michaela Schuster, Caroline Wenborne
Monday, 29 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKÜRE (performance from 13 January 2016)
First day of the stage festival
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Production: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Featuring Performances: Christopher Ventris, Ain Anger, Waltraud Meier, Linda Watson, Tomasz Konieczny |