On Maundy Thursday Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer from 2015 is on the programme, with Michael Volle, Hans-Peter König, Ricarda Merbeth and Herbert Lippert, conductor is Peter Schneider (1 April).

The Vienna State Ballet's new production is Mahler, live, recorded in December 2020. Dancing in Hans van Manen's Live are Olga Esina and Marcos Menha. Martin Schläpfer has created a ballet for the entire ensemble with his first Viennese work 4 to Gustav Mahler's 4th Symphony. The musical director is Axel Kober (3 April).

The cast for Beethoven's Fidelio includes Klaus Florian Vogt, Anja Kampe, Evgeny Nikitin, Stephen Milling and Valentina Nafornita and is conducted by Peter Schneider (4 April), followed by Puccini's La Bohème from 2014 on April 5 with Ramón Vargas, Maija Kovalevska, Alessio Arduini, Adrian Eröd, Ildikó Raimondi and Mikko Franck conducting. Verdi's Rigoletto from 2016 with Evelino Pidò and Carlos Álvarez, Juan Diego Flórez and Olga Peretyatko will be streamed on April 6.

Analogous to the usual schedule, in which the house is closed on Good Friday, the online programme is also paused on this day.


All streams listed below are available free of charge in Austria as well as internationally on our website play.wiener-staatsoper.at. Each begins at 7:00 p.m. and the broadcasts can be accessed for 24 hours.


The programme up to and including April 6, 2021:

Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
SIEGFRIED (performance from 17 January 2016)
Second day of the stage festival
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Production: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
With: Christian Franz, Linda Watson, Tomasz Konieczny, Jochen Schmeckenbecher

Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (performance from 24 January 2016)
Third day of the stage festival
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Production: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
With: Christian Franz, Linda Watson, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Eric Halfvarson

Thursday, 1 April 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Performance of 11 September 2015)
Romantic opera in three acts
Conductor: Peter Schneider
Production: Christine Mielitz
With: Michael Volle, Hans-Peter König, Ricarda Merbeth, Herbert Lippert

Saturday, 3 April 2021, 7.00 pm - BALLET
MAHLER, LIVE (performance of 4 December 2020)
Franz Liszt
LIVE
Choreography: Hans van Manen
With: Olga Esina, Marcos Menha
Gustav Mahler
4
Choreography: Martin Schläpfer
Conductor: Axel Kober
With: Soloists and corps de ballet of the Vienna State Ballet

Sunday, 4 April 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Ludwig van Beethoven
FIDELIO (performance from 14 January 2016)
Opera in two acts
Conductor: Peter Schneider
Production: Otto Schenk
With: Klaus Florian Vogt, Anja Kampe, Evgeny Nikitin, Stephen Milling, Valentina Nafornita

Monday, 5 April 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHÈME (performance of 29 March 2014).
Opera in four acts
Conductor: Mikko Franck
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
With: Rámon Vargas, Maija Kovalevska, Alessio Arduini, Adrian Eröd, Ildikó Raimondi

Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 7.00 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
RIGOLETTO (performance from 28 January 2016)
Melodramma in three acts
Condctor: Evelino Pidò
Production: Pierre Audi
With: Carlos Álvarez, Juan Diego Flórez, Olga Peretyatko, Ain Anger, Nadia Krasteva