Storm of the century
A sense of celebration was definitely in the air last Thursday at the Vienna State Opera.
3 pieces since 2016 — at 1 company, most often at Vienna State Opera.
A sense of celebration was definitely in the air last Thursday at the Vienna State Opera.
When Neil Shicoff celebrated the 40th anniversary of his 1975 stage debut as Ernani in Cincinnati, no one had any idea that it would, essentially, mark the end of his career. In 2014 he added the roles of Canio (at Wiener Staatsoper) and Calaf (at Volksoper Wien) to his repertoire to great acclaim.
Perhaps the most admirable project of Dominique Meyer’s Intendanz at Wiener Staatsoper is the traversal of the operas of Leos Janancek,.
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