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News … Home News Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Il Campiello Ermanno Wolf-Ferarri: Il campiello 15.05.2022 Opera production © Christian Schneider Skip page navigation Overview About production Dates & Cast Gallery Return to slider start Take a little Mozart, a little Rossini, a little Puccini, a little Verdi, Venetian folklore, a pinch of modernity and entrust these ingredients to the composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, born in 1876 in Venice, who inimitably transforms even the most banal everyday life into truly great opera. For example in "Il Campiello", a musical comedy based on a turbulent comedy by his compatriot Carlo Goldoni. Musical direction kai Röhrig Scenic direction rosamund Gilmore Stage theresa Staindl Costume selina Schweiger Dramaturgy eike Mann About production Premiered at La Scala in Milan in 1936 and first performed in Munich the same year, the rarely performed Buffo opera is being rediscovered at the Mozarteum University. With "Il Campiello," Italian composer Wolf-Ferrari returns to the house where he was a composition professor in the 1930s before fleeing to Switzerland to escape the Nazis. On a Venetian piazzetta (Campiello), fun-loving ladies, imperious men, a youthful gigolo, a Neapolitan nobleman, the indispensable doctor and two real Italian mamas (sung by two tenors) meet. There is wild partying, jealous bickering and fighting, and of course lots of love. Dates & Cast Cast Astolfi: Máté Herczeg, Jakob Hoffmann Gasparina: Yekaterina Badeso, Regina Koncz Fabrizio: Alexander Voronov Dona Cate: Filipp Modestov Lucieta: Dares Hutawattana, Donata Meyer-Kranixfeld Dona Pasqua: Konstantin Igl Gnese: Maria Agustina Caldero, Anastasia Churakova Orsola: Alicia Grünwald Zorzeto: Niklas Meyer, Dagur Thorgrimsson Anzoleto: Qi Wang Performance dates 10.05.2022, 19:00 11.05.2022, 19:00 13.05.2022, 19:00 (Livestream) 14.05.2022, 16:00 Gallery Skip slider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider © Christian Schneider Jump to slider start Other productions Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi 15.12.2024 Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi  The performance of Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi delivered a powerful reinterpretation of the masterpiece. Directed by Alexander von Pfeil, the production centred on the relentless feud between two rival clans and the profound despair of its victims. This staging transcended specific eras, placing the story in a universal, timeless setting that brought Bellini's dark vision of love and war to the stage with harrowing clarity. Opera production Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff 20.5.2024 Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff  Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly. Opera production Elegy for young lovers 31.1.2024 Elegy for young lovers  "What qualities must a person possess in order to dominate both dramaturgically and vocally in an opera?" and "What must a man of mature age look like who is in close relationships with a crazy old lady, a young girl and a doctor at the same time?" Opera production Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte 21.5.2023 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte  The young officers Ferrando and Guilelmo* do not want to let their fatherly friend Don Alfonso get away with it - after all, he doubts the fidelity of their fiancée! But instead of the demanded duel, they accept his proposal of a wager and thus become handmaidens in the work of destroying their love relationships. Opera production

News … Home News Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea 02.07.2022 Opera production © Judith Buss Skip page navigation Overview About production Dates & Cast Press Gallery Return to slider start In Claudio Monteverdi's opera musicale, Emperor Nero in 62 AD has just gotten rid of his influential mother Agrippina by murder and is also tired of his wife Octavia. Only eleven days after the divorce he married Poppea, whom he loves passionately. Monteverdi's ambivalent, abysmal opera centers on Poppea's coronation as empress, and concludes with one of the most beautiful and touching duets in opera history. Musical direction gernot Sahler Scenic direction alexander von Pfeil Stage & Costumes wanda Stiegler & Selina Nowak Dramaturgy malte Krasting Music chamber Orchestra of the Mozarteum University About production The "foundation of truth" mattered a great deal to Claudio Monteverdi when he composed for the operatic stage; more than that, it was the only category to which he adhered as a music dramatist. In the 35 years between his first opera, L'Orfeo, and his last, L'incoronazione di Poppea, he often commented, also in writing, on this fundamental problem of opera composition. His comments on opera designs were always aimed at the truthfulness of the characters and at the meaningful use of music as a credible expression of emotions. It seems that the first important opera composer in the history of music found the desired conditions for the creation of truthful opera characters late in his life. In his last opera, Monteverdi came up with a drastic innovation. The plot is based on a historical subject, i.e. dramatic characters could not be more truthful and closer to reality than those figures around the Roman emperor Nero, who had actually existed in history. The opera L'incoronazione di Poppea therefore has the distinction of being the first opera with a realistic plot. Dates & Cast Performance dates 27. June 2022, 7 p.m. June 28 , 2022, 7 p.m. June 30, 2022, 7 p.m. July 1, 2022, 7 p.m . Max Schlereth Hall Cast Fortuna / Pallade / Coro d'amori: Yeaseul Park Virtù / Damigella: Charlotte Langner Amore / Valletto: Serafina Starke (27.6., 28.6., 30.6. & 1.7.) Leila Alexander (study assignment) Poppea: Veronika Loy (27.6. & 30.6.), Margarita Polonskaia (28.6. & 1.7.) Nerone: Lyriel Benameur (27.6. & 30.6.), Daehwan Kim (28.6. & 1.7.) Ottavia: Tamara Obermayr (27.6. & 6/30), Tamara Nüßl (6/28 & 7/1) Ottone: Constantin Zimmermann (6/27 & 6/30), Taesung Kim (6/28. & 1.7.) Seneca: Kuan-Ming Chen (27.6., 28.6., 30.6. & 1.7.) Dominik Schumertl (study assignment) Drusilla: Hee-Kyung Park Nutrice: Ilya Dovnar (27.6. & 30.6.), Kirill Novokhatko (28.6. & 1.7.) Arnalta / Venere / Lucano / Soldier 1: Johannes Hubmer Liberto / Soldier 2: Chanyoung Kim Mercurio / Littore: Xiaofei Liu Famigliari: Ilya Dovnar, Franz Gfüllner, Livia Hübel, Franz Schilling Choral Ensemble: Goar Asatrian, Ilya Dovnar, Franz Gfüllner, Livia Hübel, Laura Obermair, Anja Rechberger, Franz Schilling Chamber Orchestra Violin 1: Florian Moser, Songao Wu Violin 2: Ana Sešek, Yiming Liu Viola: Daniel Medina Violoncello: Francesco Pinosa Harpsichord / Organ: Arianna Radaelli, Margit Jassó (organ), Juliane Sophie Ritzmann Viola da Gamba: Réka Nagy Violone: Nicholas Kleinman Lute / Baroque guitar: Hans Brüderl Theorbo: Jakob Wagner Baroque trombone: Hannes Schrötter Recorder: Clara Starzetz, Ivett Lajkó, Isabella Engl, Julia Ziegler Cornett: Matthijs Lunenburg, Noemi Müller Veronika Loy moves her colorful soprano seemingly effortlessly through the part of Poppea ... To lift a Poppea of this quality is remarkable. — Florian Oberhummer, Salzburger Nachrichten (June 28, 2022) Gallery Skip slider © Judith Buss © Judith Buss © Judith Buss © Judith Buss © Judith Buss © Judith Buss © Judith Buss © Judith Buss © Judith Buss © Judith Buss Jump to slider start

After A Midsummer Night's Dream and Owen Wingrave, the Department of Opera & Music Theater at the Mozarteum University will once again devote itself to Benjamin Britten's abysmal music-theatrical oeuvre. This winter semester, two of his masterpieces will be performed: Albert Herring in December 2022 will be followed by The Turn of the Screw in January 2023.

News … Home News Innocence lost: The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw 27.01.2023 Opera production © Wolf Silveri Skip page navigation Overview About production Dates & Cast Gallery Other productions Return to slider start "Welcome to Bly" - the invitation sounds tempting! A young governess is to take care of the upbringing and well-being of the parentless children Flora and Miles on the picture-perfect country estate of Bly. But are the little creatures really as carefree and clueless as they seem at first glance?  Musical direction Kai Röhrig Scenic direction Florentine Klepper Stage and costume design Selina Schweiger Dramaturgy Heiko Voss   About production An opera in a prologue and two acts by Benjamin Britten based on the novella of the same name by Henry James. The motif of lost innocence occupied the composer Benjamin Britten his entire life. He constantly tried to erect protective walls, dwellings and retreats for innocence in his artistic creations. But the longed-for security came all too seldom. In his opera THE TURN OF THE SCREW, he turns the omens around by deliberately exposing his characters to the unhoused - and this despite the fact that he places the epitome of the domestic idyll on the stage with Bly, the peaceful estate with its strong walls, thick towers and spacious park. But that's just the paint job. Behind the scenes lurks an overpowering danger. And so a nameless horror gradually unfolds before the eyes of the nameless governess. With great musical seductiveness, Britten set Henry James' ambiguous ghost story about the demise of security, the reign of the forbidden, and fascination with the abyss. Dates & Cast Performance dates 27. January 2023, 19.00 28. January 2023, 16.00 30. January 2023, 19.00 31. January 2023, 19.00 Max Schlereth Hall   Cast The Governess: Anna-Maria Husca / Donata Meyer-Kranixfeld Mrs Grose: Julia Maria Eckes / Jessica Mashburn Miss Jessel: Yekaterina Badeso / Anastasia Churakova Flora: Anastasia Fedorenko Miles: Michaela Honauer Prologue / Peter Quint: Niklas Mayer Gallery Skip slider © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri Jump to slider start Other productions Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi 15.12.2024 Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi  The performance of Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi delivered a powerful reinterpretation of the masterpiece. Directed by Alexander von Pfeil, the production centred on the relentless feud between two rival clans and the profound despair of its victims. This staging transcended specific eras, placing the story in a universal, timeless setting that brought Bellini's dark vision of love and war to the stage with harrowing clarity. Opera production Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff 20.5.2024 Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff  Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly. Opera production Elegy for young lovers 31.1.2024 Elegy for young lovers  "What qualities must a person possess in order to dominate both dramaturgically and vocally in an opera?" and "What must a man of mature age look like who is in close relationships with a crazy old lady, a young girl and a doctor at the same time?" Opera production Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte 21.5.2023 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte  The young officers Ferrando and Guilelmo* do not want to let their fatherly friend Don Alfonso get away with it - after all, he doubts the fidelity of their fiancée! But instead of the demanded duel, they accept his proposal of a wager and thus become handmaidens in the work of destroying their love relationships. Opera production More news

The young officers Ferrando and Guilelmo* do not want to let their fatherly friend Don Alfonso get away with it - after all, he doubts the fidelity of their fiancée! But instead of the demanded duel, they accept his proposal of a wager and thus become handmaidens in the work of destroying their love relationships.

"What qualities must a person possess in order to dominate both dramaturgically and vocally in an opera?" and "What must a man of mature age look like who is in close relationships with a crazy old lady, a young girl and a doctor at the same time?"

Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly.

Vincenzo Bellini's highly romantic bel canto opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi celebrates its premiere in the Max Schlereth Saal on 10 December under the direction of Alexander von Pfeil and musical direction of Gernot Sahler. A conversation with maestro Gernot Sahler about Bellini's inventiveness and the challenge of dealing with special stage situations.

The performance of Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi delivered a powerful reinterpretation of the masterpiece. Directed by Alexander von Pfeil, the production centred on the relentless feud between two rival clans and the profound despair of its victims. This staging transcended specific eras, placing the story in a universal, timeless setting that brought Bellini's dark vision of love and war to the stage with harrowing clarity.

The Department of Composition and Music Theory explores contemporary forms of instrumental and electroacoustic composition and explores scholarly, artistic, and pedagogical approaches to music and styles of all periods.

The French-Austrian Academy for Contemporary Composition is a cooperation between the Mozarteum University and the Gmem Marseille. Since 2019, selected participants in ARCO receive intensive coaching and immediate feedback on their work in direct work with renowned coaches and professional ensembles

Attention composers: The application for ARCo - Art, Research and Creation 2023 is now open! The French-Austrian Academy for Contemporary Composition, a cooperation of the Mozarteum University and the GMEM - Centre national de création musicale Marseille will take place from July 7 to 16, 2023 in Marseille - be part of it!

On July 16, this year's edition of the top-class French-Austrian Academy of Composition came to a successful close in Marseille with four concerts. For the first time, the prize winners of the International Mozart Competition were invited to Marseille and performed in the concerts.

Applications for ARCO - Art, Research and Creation Opus 2024 are now open! The French-Austrian Academy for Contemporary Composition, a cooperation between the Mozarteum University and the GMEM - Centre national de création musicale Marseille, will take place in Salzburg from 3 to 13 July 2024.

Masterclasses, concerts, operettas, contemporary composition and much more between Salzburg, Bad Ischl and Siena: an exciting academy summer awaits at the Mozarteum University!

Festivals & Academies … Home Festivals & Academies Baroque Summer Academy in Siena Baroque Summer Academy in Siena Since 2021, the Moarteum University's Department of Early Music has organised a  Baroque Summer Academy in Siena, Italy, as part of the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana. The cooperation with Siena's Chigiana Foundation enables the teaching of Early Music in a unique setting influenced by Baroque and Renaissance. Baroque Summer Academy 26th Aug - 2nd Sept 2023 Palazzo Chigi SaraciniVia di Città 8953100 Sienachigiana.org   DepartmentEarly Music   The academy takes place over the period of one week, with the department's team of lecturers conducting intensive master classes for students from all over the world. In addition to classes, participants can expect concerts by students and faculty, orchestra projects and other activities. Highlights of the 2023 Academy were the performance of Henry Purcell's opera "Dido & Aeneas", incorporating a prologue and epilogue "Elissa" by Henry Fourès and Elisabeth Gutjahr, in collaboration with the Department of Opera and the Department of Scenography of the Mozarteum University, as well as a laboratory of contemporary music for early instruments under the direction of Simone Fontanelli and Vittorio Ghielmi; it can truly be said that this Summer Academy is among the best of its kind in Europe. Events BaroqueLab: Elissa/ Dido & Aeneas in Siena 29.8.—30.8.2023 Teatro dei Rinnovati BaroqueLab: Elissa/ Dido & Aeneas in Siena  The music theater project BaroqueLab presents the stage performance of "Dido and Aeneas" by Henry Purcell and the new music theater work by the French composer Henry Fourès, "Elissa", as part of the Baroque Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University in Siena. Opera People Skip slider Marco Testori Marco Testori Univ.-Prof. of Baroque Cello Faculty Alfredo Bernardini Alfredo Bernardini Univ.-Prof. of Baroque Oboe Faculty Florian Birsak-Hayer Florian Birsak-Hayer Univ.-Prof. of Harpsichord & Basso Continuo / Ensemble Direction Deputy Department Head Faculty Marcello Gatti Marcello Gatti Univ.-Prof. of Traverso Faculty Vittorio Ghielmi Vittorio Ghielmi Univ.-Prof. of Viola da Gamba Department Head Faculty Simone Fontanelli Simone Fontanelli Senior Lecturer in New Music Head of Institute Faculty Jump to slider start