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Charles Mackerras: Performances in

A. Vienna State

1957, November, four performances Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 L’Amour et son destin (ballet) choreo: Serge Lifar; d. Georges Wakhevitch Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, [or more likely Orchestra]

‘They have made a new ballet, for the Viennese première, to the Pathétique Symphony. This means that I will have conducted this work four times with the Vienna Philharmonic’ (CM to his mother, quoted in Phelan, p. 108).

1980, February 29, March 4 Janáček: Jenůfa p. Richard Bletschacher, d. Günther Schenider-Siemssen Margarita Lilowa (Grandmother Buryjovka), Peter Lindroos (Laca Klemeň), Peter Gougaloff (Štewa Buryja), Sena Jurinac (Kostelnička), Gabriela Beňačková (Jenůfa), Frederick Guthrie (Mayor), Marjana Lipovšek (Mayor’s Wife, 29 Feb), Waltraud Winsauer (Mayor’s Wife, 4 March), Maria Venuti (Karolka)

1982, October 21, 24, November 2, 5 Janáček: Jenůfa p. Richard Bletschacher, d. Günther Schenider-Siemssen Margarita Lilowa (Grandmother Buryjovka), Peter Lindroos (Laca Klemeň), Heinz Zednik (Štewa Buryja), Sena Jurinac (Kostelnička), Gabriela Beňačková (Jenůfa), Rudolf Mazzola (Mayor), Waltraud Winsauer (Mayor’s Wife), Olivera Miljakovic (Karolka)

1982, December 19, 22, 25, 29 Strauss: p. , d. Rudolf Heinrich (Feldmarschallin), (Baron Ochs), Gertrude Jahn (Octavian, 19 Dec), (Octavian, 22, 25, 29 Dec), Gottfried Hornik (Herr von Faninal), Patricia Wise (Sophie), Lotte Rysanek (Marianne), Heinz Zednik (Valzacchi), Anna Gonda (Annina), Kurt Equiluz (Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin), Ewald Aichberger (Haushofmeister bei Faninal), (Italian Singer)

1983, September 21, 25, 28, October 1 Verdi: p. Theo Otto, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen Giorgio Zancanaro (Conte di Luna), (Leonor), Mariana Paunova (Azucena), (Manrico), John-Paul Bogart (Ferrando), Joanna Borowska (Inès, 21, 25 Sept, 1 Oct), Gabriela Sima (Inès, 28 Sept), Ewald Aichberger (Ruiz)

1984, January 14, 17 Verdi: Il Trovatore p. Theo Otto, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen (Conte di Luna), Margherita Castro-Alberty (Leonora), Mariana Paunova (Azucena), Ermanno Mauro (Manrico), John-Paul Bogart (Ferrando), Gunnel Bohman (Inès), Peter Neff (Ruiz)

1984, February 8, 11, 15, 17, 20 Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer p. Wolfgang Zörner, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen (Daland), (Senta), Norbert Orth (Erik), Margarita Lilowa (Mary), Helmut Wildhaber (Steuermann), Donald McIntyre (Der Holländer)

1984, February 19, 22, 25 Verdi: p. Giulio Chazelettes, d. Ulisse Santicchi (Attila), (Ezio), (Odabella), Kaludi Kaludow (Foresto), Ewald Aichberger (Uldino), Konstantin Sfiris (Pope Leo I)

1984, December 3, 6, 12 Janáček: Jenůfa p. Richard Bletschacher, d. Günther Schenider-Siemssen Margarita Lilowa (Grandmother Buryjovka), Peter Lindroos (Laca Klemeň, 3 Dec), René Kollo (Laca Klemeň, 6, 12 Dec), Heinz Zednik (Štewa Buryja), Ludmila Dvořáková (Kostelnička), Gabriela Beňačková (Jenůfa), Rudolf Mazzola (Mayor), Waltraud Winsauer (Mayor’s Wife), Olivera Miljakovic (Karolka)

1986, December 26, 30 Puccini: La Bohème p. and d. Peter Dvorský (Rodolfo), Gottfried Hornik (Schaunard), Hans Helm (Marcello), Kurt Rydl (Colline), (Benoit), Kallen Esperian (Mimì), Patricia Wise (Musetta), Hans Christian (Alcindoro), Ewald Aichberger (Parpignol)

1987, 28 January Verdi: La Traviata p. Otto Schenk, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Gabriele Sima (Flora), Waltraud Winsauer (Annina), Kaludi Kaludow (Alfredo Germont), Matteo Manuguerra (Giorgio Germont), Franz Kasemann (Gaston), Francisco Valls (Baron Douphol), Goran Simić (Marquis d'Obigny), Konstantin Sfiris (Doctor Grenvil, Horst Nitsche (Giuseppe), Elmar Breneis (Flora’s Servant), Peter Köves (Commissioner)

This performance of La Traviata was a very late substitution for which was planned for this evening but was replaced due to the sudden illness of Piero Cappuccilli.

1987, January 31, February 6 Verdi: Attila p. Giulio Chazelettes, d. Ulisse Santicchi Nicolai Ghiaurov (Attila), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ezio), Maria Chiara (Odabella), Kaludi Kaludow (Foresto), Ewald Aichberger (Uldino), Konstantin Sfiris (Pope Leo I)

1987, February 6 Verdi: Attila p. Giulio Chazelettes, d. Ulisse Santicchi Kurt Rydl (Attila), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ezio), Maria Zampieri (Odabella), Kaludi Kaludow (Foresto), Ewald Aichberger (Uldino), Goran Simić (Pope Leo I)

1987, April 5, 9, 14 Verdi: p. Peter Wood, d. Carl Toms Renato Bruson (Macbeth), Mara Zampieri (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banquo), (Macduff), Jorge A. Pita (Malcolm), Marjorie Vance (Lady-in- Waiting), Alfred Šramek (Doctor), Alexander Maly (Macbeth’s Servant), Claudio Otelli (Assassin), Peter Köves, Wiener Sängerknaben (Apparitions), Robert Kaunitz (King Duncan)

1987, November 15 (200th anniversary of Gluck’s death), 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, December 9, 12 Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide p. , d. Hans Schavernoch (Agamemnon, 18, 21, 24, 30 Nov, 9, 12 Dec), Hans Helm (Agamemnon, 27 Nov), Gundula Janowitz (Clytemnestre), Joanna Borowska (Iphigénie), Thomas Moser (Achille), Walter Zeh (Patrocle, 15, 24, 27 Nov, 12 Dec), Wolfgang Equiluz (Patrocle, 18, 21, 30 Nov, 9 Dec), Pierre Thau (Calchas), Peter Köves (Arcas, 15, 18, 21, 30), Goran Simić (Arcas, 27 Nov, 9, 12 Dec)

1987, December 7, 11, 14 Janáček: Jenůfa p. Richard Bletschacher, d. Günther Schenider-Siemssen Margarita Lilowa (Grandmother Buryjovka), Peter Lindroos (Laca Klemeň), (Štewa Buryja), Leonie Rysanek (Kostelnička, 7, 14, Dec), Eva Randová (Kostelnička, 11 Dec), Gabriela Beňačková (Jenůfa), Rudolf Mazzola (Mayor), Anna Gonda (Mayor’s Wife), Olivera Miljakovic (Karolka)

1988, November 22, 25, 28 Verdi: Attila p. Giulio Chazelettes, d. Ulisse Santicchi (Attila), John Rawnsley (Ezio, 22 Nov), Antonio Salvadori (Ezio, 25, 28 Nov), Mara Zampieri (Odabella), Veriano Luchetti (Foresto, 22, 25 Nov), Kaludi Kaludow (Foresto, 28 Nov), Bojidar Nikolov (Uldino), Alfred Šramek (Pope Leo I, 22, 25 Nov), Peter Köves (Pope Leo I, 28 Nov)

1988, December 2, 5, 9 Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer p. Wolfgang Zörner, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen Hans Tschammer (Daland), Nancy Johnson (Senta, 2, 9 Dec), Mechthild Gessendorf (Senta 5 Dec), Thomas Moser (Erik), Anna Gonda (Mary), Wilfried Gahmlich (Steuermann), James Morris (Der Holländer)

1989, January 29 Verdi: La Traviata p. Otto Schenk, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Waltraud Winsauer (Flora)Anna Gonda (Annina), Alberto Cupido (Alfredo Germont), Georg Tichy (Giorgio Germont), Peter Jelosits (Gaston), Robert Kerns (Baron Douphol), Jaroslav Štajnc (Marquis d'Obigny), Alfred Šramek (Doctor Grenvil), Horst Nitsche (Giuseppe), Elmar Breneis (Flora’s Servant), Peter Köves (Commissioner)

1989, February 5, 7 Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide Hans Helm (Agamemnon), Gundula Janowitz (Clytemnestre), Joanna Borowska (Iphigénie), Thomas Moser (Achille), Wolfgang Equiluz (Patrocle, 5 Feb), Walter Zeh (Patrocle, 7 Feb), Kurt Rydl (Calchas), Peter Köves (Arcas)

B. Vienna Concerts

As well as concerts with Viennese ensembles in Vienna and elsewhere, this list also includes concerts in Vienna with touring orchestras.

1974, February 1 and 2, Musikverein Handel: , arr. Mozart , Sopran, Birgit Finnilä, Peter Schreier, , Helmut Deutsch (hpd), Leonhard Wallisch (vc), ORF-Chor ORF-Symphonieorchester

1974, September 27, Musikverein Janáček: From the House of the Dead Overture Meale: Clouds now and then Britten: Sinfonia da Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 Sydney Symphony Orchestra

1975, November 19 and 20, Konzerthaus Anton Webern: Sechs Stücke für Orchester Op. 6 (Neufassung) Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Miriam Fried) Wagner: -Idyll Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 Wiener Symphoniker

1979, November 24 and 25, Musikverein Dvořák: Symphony No. 5 Mahler: Rheinlegendchen, Der Schildwache Nachtlied, Verlorne Müh!, Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, Lob des hohen Verstands, Das irdische Leben () Janáček: Sinfonietta Wiener Philharmoniker

1986, May 3, Konzerthaus Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Anne Howells (Angel), Robert Tear (Gerontius), (Priest, Angel of the Agony), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ORF-Symphonieorchester

1986, June 27, Musikverein Handel: Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bella Davidovich) Liszt: Dante Symphony (Women’s voices of the Singverein des Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Rudolf Scholz, org) Wiener Symphoniker

1986, December 11, 12, 13, 14, Musikverein Mozart: Symphony No. 32 K318 Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 (Christian Altenburger) Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Wiener Symphoniker

1987, November 25 and 26, Konzerthaus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 K550 Mozart: Requiem K626, ed. Franz Beyer (Margaret Marshall, Hanna Schwarz, Curtis Rayam, , , Guido Mayer, org) Wiener Symphoniker

1987, December 21, Konzerthaus Eybler: Die Hirten bei der Krippe zu Bethlehem, Weihnachtsoratorium (, Rohangiz Yachmi, Josef Protschka, Mark Munkittrick, , Wiener Jeunesse-Chor) ORF-Symphonieorchester

1988, November 18, Musikverein Schubert: Der vierjährige Posten, Singspiel D 190 Maria Venuti (Kätchen), Helmut Wildhaber (Duval), Anton Scharinger (Walther), Robert Brooks (Veit), Paul Wolfrum (Hauptmann), Neues Wiener Vocalensemble Schubert: Fernando, Singspiel D 220 Robert Brooks (Fernando de la Porte), Elaine Woods (Eleonore), Maria Venuti (Philipp), Anton Scharinger (Ein Jäger), Paul Wolfrum (Ein Köhler) Schubert: Symphony No. 6 ORF-Symphonieorchester

1988, November 24, Konzerthaus J.C. Bach: Adriano in Siria Kathleen Kuhlmann (Adriano), Ryland Davies (Osroa), Margaret Marshall (Emirena), Ann Murray (Farnaspes), Sona Ghazarian (Sabina), Adelina Scarabelli, (Barsene), Benedikt Kobel (Aquilio), Mack Sawyer (hpd) ORF-Symphonieorchester

1989, March 18 and 19, Musikverein Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces Rossini: (Elaine Woods, , Jonathan Welch, Robert Lloyd, Choir of Hungarian Radio and Television) Wiener Symphoniker

1991, August 8, Konzerthaus Mozart: Symphony No. 33 Mozart: Piano Concerto in F K459 (Markus Schirmer) Holloway: Ode Schubert: Symphony No. 5 English Chamber Orchestra

1991, August 10, Konzerthaus Haydn: Symphony No. 91 Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor K491 (Paul Badura-Skoda) Mozart: Rondo in A K386 (Paul Badura-Skoda) Schubert: Symphony No. 1 English Chamber Orchestra [One of the rare occasions when Badura-Skoda and Mackerras performed their edition of K386 together]

1998, August 15, 17, 20, 23, 27, 29, Kleines Festspielhaus, Mozart : Le Nozze di Figaro p. , rev. p. Joël Lauwers, d. Richard Peduzzi Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Figaro), Barbara Frittoli (Contessa), Dorothea Röschmann (Susanna), Tiziana Tramonti (Marcellina), Olga Schalaewa (Barbarina), Maria Bayo (Cherubino), Dwayne Croft (Conte), Robert Lloyd (Bartolo), Scot Weir (Basilio), (Curzio), Lynton Black (Antonio) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker

2000, August 3 and 6, , Salzburg Cherubini: Medea Kristinn Sigmundsson (Créon) Malin Hartelius (Dircé), Michael Schade (Jason), Angela Denoke (Médée), Norine Burgess (Néris), Martina Janková (First Lady), Gail Pearson (Second Lady), Ulrich Mühe (Narrator), Salzburger Bachchor Wiener Philharmoniker

2001, February 2, Salzburg Mozart Week Mozart: Symphony No. 32 K318 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 K488 (Leon Fleisher) Mozart: March K320A Mozart: Posthorn Serenade K320 Wiener Philharmoniker

2002, March 17 and 18, Konzerthaus Schubert: Symphony No. 6 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 K453 () Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 K503 (Alfred Brendel) Scottish Chamber Orchestra

2003, January 16 and 17, Konzerthaus J.C. Bach: Sinfonia in B flat, Overture to Lucio Silla T232 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Oleg Maisenberg) Bizet: Symphony No. 1 Wiener KammerOrchester

2004, May 22, Musikverein Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso Dvořák: Piano Concerto (Pierre-Laurent Aimard) Janáček: Schluck und Jau Janáček: Sinfonietta Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

2004, May 23, Musikverein Janáček: Sinfonietta Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 Dvořák: Slavonic Dances in C major and E minor (encores) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

2005, January 29, Salzburg Mozart Week; February 1, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Mozart: Symphony No. 31 Mozart: Piano Concerto K482 (Yefim Bronfman) Schubert: Symphony No. 3 Schubert: Rosamunde Ballet Music No. 2 (encore, Amsterdam only) Wiener Philharmoniker

2006, October 14 and 15, Konzerthaus Dvořák: Amid Nature Op. 91 (1891) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 K 491 (Alfred Brendel) Kodály: Dances of Galánta Janáček: Sinfonietta Wiener Philharmoniker

2007, April 20 and 22, Musikverein; repeated April 24, Philharmonie, Beethoven: Prometheus Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Yefim Bronfman) Kodály: Peacock Variations Janáček: Taras Bulba Wiener Philharmoniker

2008, February 2, Salzburg Mozart Week Mozart: Vesperae solennes de Dominica K321 Schubert: in E flat D950 (Miah Persson, Anke Voldung, Werner Güra, Markus Schäfer, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Singverein des Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Anton Holzapfel, org Wiener Philharmoniker

2008, December 17 and 18, Musikverein Mozart: Symphony No. 40 K550 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 K271 (Alfred Brendel) Schubert: Symphony No. 4 Wiener Philharmoniker

Alfred Brendel’s farewell concerts. He played the following encores: 17 December: Schubert: Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3; Beethoven: Bagatelle Op. 33 No. 4; 18 December: Bach–Busoni: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland; Liszt: Au Lac de Wallenstadt