Charles Mackerras: Performances in Vienna A. Vienna State Opera 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, Vienna Philharmonic [or more likely Vienna State Opera 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: Der Rosenkavalier p. Otto Schenk, d. Rudolf Heinrich Gundula Janowitz (Feldmarschallin), Manfred Jungwirth (Baron Ochs), Gertrude Jahn (Octavian, 19 Dec), Agnes Baltsa (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), Jerry Hadley (Italian Singer) 1983, September 21, 25, 28, October 1 Verdi: Il Trovatore p. Theo Otto, d. Günther Schneider-Siemssen Giorgio Zancanaro (Conte di Luna), Ghena Dimitrova (Leonor), Mariana Paunova (Azucena), Nicola Martinucci (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 Leo Nucci (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 Kurt Rydl (Daland), Gwyneth Jones (Senta), Norbert Orth (Erik), Margarita Lilowa (Mary), Helmut Wildhaber (Steuermann), Donald McIntyre (Der Holländer) 1984, February 19, 22, 25 Verdi: Attila p. Giulio Chazelettes, d. Ulisse Santicchi Nicolai Ghiaurov (Attila), Piero Cappuccilli (Ezio), Maria Chiara (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. Franco Zeffirelli Peter Dvorský (Rodolfo), Gottfried Hornik (Schaunard), Hans Helm (Marcello), Kurt Rydl (Colline), Erich Kunz (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 Aida 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: Macbeth p. Peter Wood, d. Carl Toms Renato Bruson (Macbeth), Mara Zampieri (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banquo), Luis Lima (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. Claus Helmut Drese, d. Hans Schavernoch Bernd Weikl (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), Josef Hopferwieser (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 Ruggero Raimondi (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: Messiah, arr. Mozart Edith Mathis, Sopran, Birgit Finnilä, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, 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 Requiem 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: Siegfried-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 (Christa Ludwig) Janáček: Sinfonietta Wiener Philharmoniker 1986, May 3, Konzerthaus Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Anne Howells (Angel), Robert Tear (Gerontius), Thomas Hampson (Priest, Angel of the Agony), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ORF-Symphonieorchester 1986, June 27, Musikverein Handel: Samson 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, Robert Lloyd, Wiener Singakademie, Guido Mayer, org) Wiener Symphoniker 1987, December 21, Konzerthaus Eybler: Die Hirten bei der Krippe zu Bethlehem, Weihnachtsoratorium (Sona Ghazarian, Rohangiz Yachmi, Josef Protschka, Mark Munkittrick, Bass, 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),