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General Manager Franz Häußler Intendant Roland Geyer General sponsors of the Theater an der Wien The Theater an der Wien receives subsidies from the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna RAISING OUR VOICES ! In the season 2007/08, the Theater an der Wien is once again proud to present a premiere of music theatre every month. In keeping with the philosophy of our programme we will be showing eleven “new” operas – from Monteverdi to Mozart – as well as well-known 20th century works. The musical direction is the responsibility of Nikolaus Harnoncourt with his Concentus Musicus, Valery Gergiev with the Mariinsky Theatre, Bertrand de Billy with the Vienna Radio Symphonic Orchestra and Fabio Luisi with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. But that’s not all: they will be joined by renowned conductors including Sian Edwards, Alessandro de Marchi and Kirill Petrenko. The star directors of 2007/08 are Robert Carsen, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Keith Warner, Torsten Fischer and Achim Freyer. In addition, the leading choreographers John Neumeier and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker with their own aesthetics of dance will be welcomed at Vienna’s new opera house, which is increasingly becoming their new home. Then there’s our “own” opera choir, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir conducted by Erwin Ortner, which is well-known for world class performances. The large number of premieres, coupled with the superb artistic quality that has been proved time and again over the past 15 months, is found nowhere else in Vienna and I’m delighted to be able to invite you to another series of exciting opera performances at the Theater an der Wien. In addition we will also be presenting about 20 special concerts and three so-called “Höllenspektakolos” performed by the marionette theatre. The curtain rises: Let the magic of the theatre commence! Roland Geyer Intendant | insNoten130x205_4c_E_TheaterRZ 16.05.2007 14:53 Uhr Seite 1 CONTENTS Music Theatre J. Heggie: Dead Man Walking 6 S. Prokofjew: The Gambler 8 Where does the opera P. I. Tschaikowsky: Eugen Onegin 10 J. Haydn: Orlando paladino 12 J. S. Bach: Christmas-Oratorio 1 find a new home? F. Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites 16 C. Monteverdi: Era la notte 18 L. Cherubini: Médée 20 L. Janáˇcek: Katja Kabanova 22 F. Moreno Torroba: Luisa Fernanda 2 W. A. Mozart: The Magic Flute 26 Concerts 28 Kabinetttheater 2 Prices Seating plan 5 Information 7 Imprint 50 Booking form 51 Under the wings of the lion The modern, open approach to music theatre has found its ideal stage in the form of the Stagione opera house Theater an der Wien since January 2006. Being able to support this new and independent category in the sophisticated Viennese culture business gives us great pleasure. For continued quality at the highest international level under the wings of the lion. | | 5 “D ead Man Walking” – this is what prison guards and inmates call out in American jails when a prisoner on death row takes his final walk from his cell to the execution room. Jake Heggie’s opera Dead Man Walking is based on the real-life experiences of the Catholic nun Helen Prejean, who has offered several convicts on death row spiritual support right up until their execution. Opera in two acts (2002) MUSIC BY JAKE HEGGIE LIBRETTO BY TERRENCE MCNALLY ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY SISTER HELEN PREJEAN – Austrian Premiere – Performed in English with German surtitles Conductor Sian Edwards Director Nikolaus Lehnhoff Set designs Raimund Bauer Costume designs Stefan von Wedel Lighting Jens Klotzsche/Duane Schuler Sister Helen Prejean Kristine Jepson Joseph De Rocher John Packard Mrs. Patrick De Rocher Frederica von Stade Sister Rose Roberta Alexander Father Grenville Roman Sadnik DEAD MAN Sister Catherine Ulla Pilz George Benton Peter Lobert WALKING Kitty Hart Donna Ellen Owen Hart Steffen Rössler Howard Boucher Erik Årman Jade Boucher Rita-Lucia Schneider Motor Cop/Prison Guard Johannes von Duisburg Jake Heggie Prison Guard Steven Scheschareg Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Premiere: Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Chorus director: Erwin Ortner) 26 September 2007, at 7.30 p.m. Children’s Choir of the Wiener Musikgymnasium (Director: Georg Kugi) Performances: Coproduction with the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden 29 September & 2 / 4 / 7 / 10 October 2007 Introduction: 16 September 2007, at 11 a.m. (in German) | 7 P rokofiew’s sarcastic and ironic opera The Gambler, written on the eve of the October Revolution, can be regarded as the high point of his early ex- perimental phase. Its unusual rhythms and jarring tone colourings form an exact aural counterpart to Dostojewsky’s study of obsession. In the final act the fateful spinning of the roulette wheel, a symbol of unexpected wealth or ruination, is represented by crazy maelstroms of instrumental colour which come to the fore as the true principal performer. Opera in four acts and six pictures (1917/1929) MUSIC AND LIBRETTO BY SERGEJ PROKOFJEW ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY FJODOR M. DOSTOJEWSKY Performed in Russian with German surtitles Conductor Valery Gergiev Director Temur Tcheidze Set designs Zinovy Margolin ThE GAMBLER Costume designs Tatiana Noginova Alexis Vladimir Galouzine General Sergei Alexashkin Polina Olga Guriakova Grandmother Larissa Diadkova Sergej Prokofjew Marquis Mr. Astley Premiere: Blanche Soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre 17 October 2007, at 7.30 p.m. Prince Nilsky Performances: Baron Wurmerhelm 20 & 22 October 2007 Potapytch Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Choir of the Mariinsky Theatre (Chorus director: Andreï Petrenko) Global partner of the Mariinsky Theatre sponsored by Introduction Russian Opera: 14 October 2007, at 11 a.m. (in German) | 9 T hese “lyrical scenes”, premiered in 1879 by Moscow voice students, re- present the first high point in Peter Tchaikowsky’s career as a composer. He had deliberately eschewed the description “opera” in order to emphasize the poetical, melancholy mood that prevails throughout Eugen Onegin. Lyrical scenes in three acts and seven pictures (1879) MUSIC BY PETER ILJITSCH TCHAIKOWSKY LIBRETTO BY P. I. TCHAIKOWSKY AND Konstantin SHYLOWSKY ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN Performed in Russian with German surtitles Conductor Valery Gergiev Director Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier Set designs Christian Fenouillat Costume designs Agostino Cavalca Lighting Christophe Forey Larina Svetlana Volkova Tatjana Irina Mataeva Olga Ekaterina Sementchuk Eugen Onegin Alexey Markov Lenski Evgeny Akimov EUGEN Prince Gremin Mikhaïl Kit Filipjewna Mr. Triquet ONEGIN Soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre A Captain Zaretzki Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Peter Iljitsch Tchaikowsky Choir of the Mariinsky Theatre (Chorus director: Andreï Petrenko) Global partner of the Mariinsky Theatre Premiere: 19 October 2007, at 7.30 p.m. sponsored by Performances: 2 & 25 October 2007 Introduction Russian Opera: 14 October 2007, at 11 a.m. (in German) | 11 OrLANDO PALADINO A visit of the Russian tsar to Esterházy Palace had been arranged at short notice, and to mark the occasion Joseph Haydn had to compose a new ope- ra very quickly. The result was Orlando paladino with a libretto based on the well-known epic poem Orlando furioso by the Renaissance writer Ludovico Ariosto. The premiere on 6th of December, 1782 was a triumph for Haydn Joseph Haydn as a composer of operas. The audience could only gasp in astonishment as wave upon wave of melodious and brilliant arias, thrillingly dramatic ac- Premiere: compagnati and finely constructed finali swept over them. In next to no time 17 November 2007, at 7 p.m. Orlando paladino had become one of the most frequently performed operas in the last days of the 18th century. Performances: 20 / 22 / 25 / 27 / 29 November 2007 Dramma eroico-comico in three acts (1782) MUSIC BY JOSEPH HAYDN LIBRETTO BY NUnziato Porta ADAPTED FROM CARLO FRANCESCO BADINI Performed in Italian with German surtitles Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt Director Keith Warner Set and costume designs Ashley Martin-Davis Lighting Wolfgang Göbbel Orlando Kurt Streit Angelica Eva Mei Medoro Bernard Richter Rodomonte Jonathan Lemalu Eurilla Juliane Banse Pasquale Markus Schäfer Alcina Elisabeth von Magnus Licone Bernhard Berchtold Caronte Markus Butter Concentus Musicus Wien sponsored by Introduction: 11 November 2007, at 11 a.m. (in German) | 1 J ohann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is among the favorite works of the Advent season. The American choreographer John Neumeier, whose legendary aesthetics in ballet became world famous, did not just add beau- tiful images to Bach’s music, but gave it an additional dimension with his personal creative dance style. Ballet to Christmas Oratorio, BWV 28 (17), Cantatas I-III BALLET BY JOHN NEUMEIER MUSIC BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – World Premiere – Conductor Alessandro de Marchi Choreography, Costume designs, Lighting John Neumeier Set designs Ferdinand Wögerbauer WEIHNACHTS- The Hamburg Ballet OrATORIUM Tenor (Evangelist) Christoph Prégardien Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak Alto Kristina Hammarström Tenor Jeremy Ovenden (Christmas Oratorio) Bass Vito Priante John Neumeier | J. S. Bach Vienna Symphony Orchestra Premiere: Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Chorus director: Erwin Ortner) 12 December 2007, at 7 p.m. Coproduction with the Hamburg Ballet / Staatsoper Hamburg Performances: 1 & 1 December 2007 The Cantatas IV-VI of J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio will be performed in concert on 21 December 2007 at 7.0 p.m. in the Theater an der Wien (conf. p. 0). Introduction: 9 December 2007, at 11 a.m. (in German) | 15 DIALOGUES DES CArmÉLITES W ith Dialogues des Carmélites by Georges Bernanos the French compo- ser Francis Poulenc chose unusual subject matter. The clash of revolution and religion serves as background; what holds Poulenc’s opera together at its core is the theme of fear. The theme is concentrated in the character of Blanche and expands this “dialogue opera” into a panoramic view of the Francis Poulenc period it originated in, namely the aftermath of the Second World War. Opera in three acts and twelve pictures (1957) Premiere: MUSIC AND LIBRETTO BY FRANCIS POULENC 19 January 2008, at 7 p.m.

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