Operklosterneuburg
The operklosterneuburg is an Austrian opera festival that is held annually in the baroque imperial court of Klosterneuburg Abbey in Lower Austria .
history
The festival was founded in 1993 by Alexander Hermann and Sonja Fletzberger and takes place in July and August. It has been under the direction of Michael Garschall since 1998 .
Unlike other Austrian summer festivals, the Klosterneuburg Opera follows a moderately modern line in its productions. The directors Max Augenfeld, Nikolaus Büchel , François de Carpentries , Michael Garschall, Isabella Gregor , Andy Hallwaxx, Alexander Hauer, Jens-Daniel Herzog , Gernot Kranner (children's versions), Markus Kupferblum , Matthias Lutz, Henry Mason and Julian R worked here Pölsler , Michael Scheidl , Karl M. Sibelius , Kurt Sobotka , Matthias von Stegmann , Alexander Waechter . The comparatively economical equipment is closely matched to the existing architecture. The natural acoustics of the monastery courtyard allow singing without amplification and other technical manipulation. For numerous soloists, an appearance at the festival was a stepping stone to an international career.
Initially, the orchestra was mostly the Czech Philharmonic under Konstantin Schenk, Andreas Stöhr and Matthias Fletzberger . Since 2000 the Sinfonietta Baden (since 2017: Beethoven Philharmonie) has been committed to performing under various conductors - including Guido Mancusi (1997 to 2000), Thomas Rösner (2001 to 2003, 2014), Andrés Orozco-Estrada (2004 to 2007), Enrico Calesso (2008 to 2010), Vinzenz Praxmarer (2011) and Christoph Campestrini (2012, 2013, since 2015) - participates.
The production planned for 2020 The Power of Fate by Giuseppe Verdi has been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
repertoire
- 1994 Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
- 1995 Tsar and carpenter from Albert Lortzing
- 1996 The merry women of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
- 1997 Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini and Abu Hassan by Carl Maria von Weber
- 1998 The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini (with Carsten Süss and Andreas Schagerl )
- 1999 Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (with Frauke Schäfer , Markus Werba and Florian Boesch, among others )
- 2000 The Abduction from the Seraglio by Mozart (with Kristiane Kaiser, among others )
- 2001 La Cenerentola by Rossini (with Annely Peebo )
- 2002 The love potion by Gaetano Donizetti (with Eva Lind and Pavol Breslik, among others )
- 2003 Mozart's Magic Flute (with Günther Groissböck and Adrian Eröd, among others )
- 2004 The Bartered Bride by Bedrich Smetana (including with Sandra Trattnigg )
- 2005 L'italiana in Algeri by Rossini (with Stella Grigorian among others )
- 2006 Hoffmann's Tales by Jacques Offenbach (with Bojidar Nikolov , Clemens Unterreiner, among others )
- 2007 Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven (with Marion Ammann , Clemens Unterreiner, among others )
- 2008 Don Giovanni von Mozart (with Klemens Sander , Netta Or, Iurie Ciobanu, among others )
- 2009 Donizetti's regiment daughter (with Daniela Fally , Clemens Unterreiner, among others )
- 2010 Carmen by Georges Bizet (with Katarina Bradić , Bruno Ribeiro and Ana Puche Rosado, among others )
- 2011 Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart (with Zoe Nicolaidou and Thomas Tatzl, among others )
- 2012 Don Pasquale by Donizetti (with Marc-Olivier Oetterli , Chiara Skerath and Arthur Espiritu, among others )
- 2013 The funny women of Windsor by Nicolai (with Talia Or , Dshamilja Kaiser , Christian Hübner and Patrick Vogel, among others )
- 2014 Die Zauberflöte (20 years anniversary of operklosterneuburg) by Mozart (with Antje Bitterlich , Ilker Arcayürek and Martin Achrainer, among others )
- 2015 Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi (with Daniela Fally , Arthur Espiritu , Paolo Rúmetz and Ilseyar Khayrullova, among others )
- 2016
- Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (with Stella Grigorian, Stefania Toczyska , Bruno Ribeiro and Sebastian Holecek, among others)
- The Bajazzo by Ruggero Leoncavallo (with Eugenia Dushina , Zurab Zurabishvili , Clemens Unterreiner , Klemens Sander and Max. Mayer )
- 2017 Le comte Ory by Rossini (with Iurie Ciobanu, Daniela Fally , Margarita Gritskova , Peter Kellner , Martin Achrainer, Caroline Wilson , Florina Ilie )
- 2018 La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi (with Eugenia Dushina, Arthur Espiritu , Günter Haumer , Christiane Döcker, Oscar Rubén Oré Alarcón, Apostol Milenkov, Alexander Grassauer, Florian Köfler, Florina Ilie)
- 2019 Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
literature
- Franz Brenner (Hrsg.): 25 years operklosterneuburg . Municipality, Klosterneuburg 2018, DNB 1167198174 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corona crisis: summer theater: break from Amstetten to Weißenkirchen. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . May 4, 2020, accessed May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Further cancellations at the theater festival. In: ORF.at . May 4, 2020, accessed May 6, 2020 .