Vienna State Opera Cancels Performance
June 17, 2008
The Wiener Staatsoper canceled a ballet performance on June 29, the day of the Euro 2008 Final. Apparently the opera house has been uncharacteristically empty.
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Franz Welser-Möst News
June 06, 2008
Music director Franz Welser-Möst's contract with the Cleveland Orchestra has been extended through the 2017-2018 season. Last year it was announced that Welser-Möst is to take up the position of General Music Director of the Vienna State Opera in 2010.
Seiji Ozawa News
June 02, 2008
Seiji Ozawa has canceled his June performances at the Vienna State Opera due to a back injury. Ozawa was to conduct The Queen of Spades, and will be replaced by Andris Nelsons.
Too Fat for Vienna State Opera
May 26, 2008
Dominique Meyer, Vienna State Opera's director designate, finds tenor Johan Botha "too fat."
Read More from Mostly Opera... | OE24 Article (in German)
Botha with Nina Stemme in Vienna State Opera's Die Walküre (2007):
Vienna State Opera's New Concertmaster
May 08, 2008
Albena Danailova was appointed concertmaster of the Wiener Staatsoper. Ms. Danailova also plays first violin for the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Wiener Opernball 2008
February 02, 2008
Vienna's 52nd Opera Ball featured a footballet and a performance by José Carreras. It was the first time Desiree "Desi" Treichl-Stürgkh organized the ball, which was attended by several football stars in honor of the European Championships to be held in Austria and Switzerland this summer. Other guests included Teri Hatcher, Dita von Teese, Bianca Jagger, and Anna Netrebko. According to Ö3, Dita, the guest of Richard Lugner, was well-behaved, looking more like Snow White than a stripper. She did not leave her box to waltz and departed just after midnight. Amusingly enough, Lugnar's ex wife was also in attendance.
AFP Article | Photo Galleries and Video |Wiener Opernball 2008 Site
Dita von Teese and Vienna's Opera Ball
January 16, 2008
Heather Renée Sweet, known as Dita von Teese, the burlesque star, is attending Vienna's Opera Ball (Wiener Opernball) on January 31, 2008. She was invited by Richard Lugnar, whose guest last year was Paris Hilton. I'm sure the Austrian media will have a field day.
IHT Article |Wiener Zeitung Article | Dita von Teese | Wiener Opernball
Wiener Staatsoper News
June 07, 2007
Austrian Culture Minister Claudia Schmied announced that Ioan Holender would step down as the director of Wiener Staatsoper in the fall of 2010. Replacing him is Dominique Meyer. The music director Seiji Ozawa is also to be replaced by Franz Welser-Möst.