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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 22

Also the singers were absolutely fantastic.
Highly recommended!

Bravi tutti!
🌹🌹🌹🌹

#wienerstaatsoper #derrosenkavalier #richardstrauss #rosenkavalier #strauss #viennaopera #hugovonhofmannsthal

Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 22

Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
Wiener Staatsoper

Toy boys and toxic masculinity

This old production is a classic (especially the first two acts still looked stunning) and it was complimented by the true Viennese sound of the orchestra (a-k-a the Vienna Philharmonics).

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 19

Alcina
Georg Friedrich Händel
} Oper Frankfurt

A great baroque sound by the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester under the baton of Julia Jones.

Great vocal performances by the enthusiastic cast.

#operfrankfurt #alcina #georgfriedrichhändel #händel #baroqueopera #handel #frankfurt

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 19

Parsifal
Richard Wagner
} Oper Frankfurt

A great production with a fantastic sound and amazing singers.

#operfrankfurt #parsifal #richardwagner #wagner #frankfurt

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 18

#wienerkonzerthaus #lorenzoviotti #solgabetta #rimskykorsakov #sheherazade #rimskikorsakov #scheherazade

Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wiener Symphoniker
Lorenzo Viotti
Sol Gabetta
Wiener Konzerthaus

Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind. Idylle für großes Orchester (1904)

Camille Saint-Saëns
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 1 a-moll op. 33 (1872–1873)

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Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
Scheherazade. Suite symphonique op. 35 (1888)

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 11

Saul
Georg Friedrich Händel
Semperoper Dresden

A revival of the production by Claus Guth originally shown in Vienna at Theater an der Wien.

Bravi tutti!

#saul #händel #semperoper #dresden #theateranderwien

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 8

Les Vêpres Siciliennes
Giuseppe Verdi
Deutsche Oper Berlin

The final show of this production. It was very good!

#deutscheoperberlin #lesvepressiciliennes #verdi #ivesprisiciliani #giuseppeverdi

Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 3

Andrea Chenier
Umberto Giordano
Deutsche Oper Berlin

A very colourful production for this dramatic opera.

#deutscheoperberlin #andreachenier #umbertogiordano #deutscheoper

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 3

Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
Deutsche Oper Berlin

A fantastic Don Carlo with a stellar cast and a beautiful production.

#deutscheoperberlin #doncarlo #verdi #deutscheoper #giuseppeverdi

Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · Jun 2

Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Anna Netrebko is a once in a lifetime artist.
Amazing!

#staatsoperunterdenlinden #iltrovatore #annanetrebko #staatsoperberlin #verdi

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · May 26

#wienerkonzerthaus #deborah #händel #oratorio #georgfriedrichhändel

Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · May 26

Deborah
Georg Friedrich Händel
Wiener Konzerthaus

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Sophie Junker, Deborah (Sopran)
Jakub Józef Orliński, Barak (Countertenor)
Sophia Patsi, Sisera (Mezzosopran)
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Abinoam (Bass)
Ton Koopman, Dirigent

Happy Hour
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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · May 24

Il Trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
Wiener Staatsoper

A great evening at the Wiener Staatsoper. Piotr Beczala was phenomenal.

#wienerstaatsoper #iltrovatore #giuseppeverdi

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · May 23

Tannhäuser Premiere
Wiener Fassung
Richard Wagner
Wiener Staatsoper

Habemus Tannhäuser!
Art & Peace.
💫💫💫

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Mike Vienna @mikeopera.bsky.social · May 19

Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
Wiener Staatsoper

An evening well spent at the ‘Haus am Ring’.

Great conducting as usual by Marco Armiliato who brought out great sounds out of the orchestra.

Bravi tutti!

🖤🖤🖤

#wienerstaatsoper #tosca #puccini #staatsoper #giacomopuccini