Vienna Festival
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The Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) is a cultural festival in Vienna that takes place every year for five or six weeks in May and June. The Wiener Festwochen was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the four Allies.[1]
The opening of the Wiener Festwochen is an open-air event with free admission held in the square in front of Vienna’s City Hall.[2]
Each year the festival attracts about 100,000 visitors.[3]
Directors
[edit]Directors of the festival include:[citation needed]
- 1951–1958: Adolph Ario
- 1959: Rudolf Gamsjäger
- 1960–1964: Egon Hilbert
- 1964–1977: Ulrich Baumgartner
- 1978–1979: Gerhard Freund
- 1980–1984: Helmut Zilk
- 1984–1991: Ursula Pasterk
- 1991–1996: Klaus Bachler
- 1997–2001: Luc Bondy / Klaus-Peter Kehr / Hortensia Völckers
- 2002–2013: Luc Bondy[4]
- 2014–2016: Markus Hinterhäuser
- 2017–2021: Tomas Zierhofer-Kin[5]
- 2019–2023: Christophe Slagmuylder[6]
- from 2024: Milo Rau[7]
Highlights
[edit]- 1951 "Don Giovanni“ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, direction: Oscar Fritz Schuh, musical direction: Karl Böhm
- 1976 "Proletenpassion“ by and with Schmetterlinge
- 1981 the poetical varieté "Flic Flac“ by André Heller
- 1983 "Maskerade“, operetta, libretto and text: Walter Reisch, music and musical direction: Georg Kreisler, direction: Heinz Marecek
- 1985 "Die Riesen vom Berge“ by Luigi Pirandello, direction: Hans Gratzer
- 1985 "Besuchszeit“ by Felix Mitterer
- 1986 "Anima“ by Erwin Piplits
- 1987 "Ajax“ by Sophokles, direction: Peter Sellars
- 1990 "Don Giovanni“ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, direction: Luc Bondy, musical direction: Claudio Abbado, stage: Erich Wonder
- 1993 "Les Atrides“ by and with Théâtre du Soleil, direction: Ariane Mnouchkine
- 1993 "The Cave“ by Steve Reich
- 1994 "Kill Pig Devil Passion Finish God“, dance theatre by Martin Kušej
- 1996 "Alma – A Show biz ans Ende“, direction: Paulus Manker, with Johanna Wokalek
- 1997 "Aus Deutschland“ by Mauricio Kagel, direction: Herbert Wernicke
- 1998 "Figaro lässt sich scheiden“ by Ödön von Horváth, direction: Luc Bondy, with Gert Voss, Paulus Manker, Erni Mangold, Gertraud Jesserer, Anne Tismer, Herbert Föttinger, Helmuth Lohner
- 1999 "Bählamms Fest“ by Olga Neuwirth, musical direction: Johannes Kalitzke, direction: Nick Broadhurst
- 2000 "Bitte liebt Österreich!“ by Christoph Schlingensief
- 2001 "Shockheaded Peter“ music and adaption: Martyn Jacques, direction: Julian Crouch & Phelim McDermott
- 2003 "Forever Young“ after Tennessee Williams’ "Sweet Bird of Youth“, adapted by Frank Castorf
- 2004 "Cosi fan tutte" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, direction: Robert Lehmeier
- 2005 "Schutz vor der Zukunft“ by Christoph Marthaler
- 2006 "Dido and Aeneas“ by Henry Purcell, musical direction: William Christie, direction: Deborah Warner
- 2006 "Claus Peymann kauft sich eine Hose und geht mit mir essen“ by Thomas Bernhard, direction: Claus Peymann
- 2007 "König Lear“ by William Shakespeare, direction: Luc Bondy
- 2007 "Aus einem Totenhaus“ by Leoš Janáček, musical direction: Pierre Boulez, direction: Patrice Chéreau
- 2009 "Riesenbutzbach“ a project by Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock, direction: Christoph Marthaler
- 2009 "Othello“ by William Shakespeare, direction: Peter Sellars
- 2014 "La Barque le soir" after Tarjei Vesaas, direction: Claude Régy
- 2014 "Orfeo ed Euridice" by Christoph Willibald Gluck, direction: Romeo Castellucci, musical direction: Jérémie Rhorer
- 2015 "Luci mie traditrici" by Salvatore Sciarrino, musical direction: Emilio Pomàrico, direction: Achim Freyer
- 2016 "Fidelio" by Ludwig van Beethoven, musical direction: Marc Minkowski, direction: Achim Freyer
- 2016 "Wir Hunde / Us Dogs" by SIGNA
- 2017 Hyperreality – Festival for Club Culture – Vienna, music festival curated by Marlene Engel[8]
- 2018 "Stadium" by Mohamed El Khatib
- 2019 "3 Episodes of Life" by Markus Öhrn
- 2019 "Diamante" by Mariano Pensotti
- 2020 "Die Goldberg Variationen" by Johann Sebastian Bach, choreography: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, piano: Pavel Kolesnikov
- 2021 "Catarina e a beleza de matar fascistas" by Tiago Rodrigues
- 2022 "Requiem" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, direction: Romeo Castellucci, musical direction: Raphaël Pichon
- 2022 "Einstein on the Beach" by Philip Glass, direction: Susanne Kennedy, Markus Selg, musical direction: André de Ridder
- 2023 "Lulu" by Alban Berg, direction: Marlene Monteiro Freitas, musical direction: Maxime Pascal
- 2023 "Pieces of a Woman" by Kata Wéber, direction: Kornél Mundruczó
- 2024 "SANCTA" by Florentina Holzinger, musical direction: Marit Strindlund
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Music Festivals in Austria". USA Today. Gannett Company. 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Der Rathausplatz sang: Wiener Festwochen vielstimmig eröffnet". Der Standard. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Wiener Festwochen 2024 enden mit 96% Auslastung und rund 100.000 Besucher:innen". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Schneeberger, Peter (17 July 2013). "Luc Bondys letzte Wiener Festwochen". 3sat. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ derStandard.at – Tomas Zierhofer-Kin wird Intendant der Wiener Festwochen; November 19, 2014
- ^ "Slagmuylder will keine Notlösung sein". orf.at. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Presse-Service (27 January 2023). "Archivmeldung: Milo Rau wird neuer Intendant der Wiener Festwochen". Presseservice der Stadt Wien (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (6 May 2017). "Five of the best experimental music festivals, from the UK to Vienna". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
External links
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