Opera & Music Theatre

Oper L'Incoronazione Di Poppea | © Judith Buss

The Department of Opera & Musical Theatre is a beacon with special charisma and appeal. Every year, two opera classes consisting of up to 15 highly talented students are prepared by renowned theatre makers for the high demands of an international opera career. Four staged opera productions with orchestra are performed annually in a theatre equipped to the highest technical standards.

Current productions

  • 7.6.—9.6.2024
    Ariadne on Naxos
    Is it possible to perform the comic intermezzo "Zerbinetta and her lovers" and the tragic opera "Ariadne" at the same time? The richest man in Vienna wants it that way and so it has to be.
    Opera
  • 18.6.—21.6.2024
    Max Schlereth Saal
    Mozart:Forum
    W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
    With Le nozze di Figaro, Gernot Sahler and Alexander von Pfeil's opera class is continuing its Da Ponte cycle, which began with Così fan tutte in May 2023.
  • 26.8.—2.9.2024
    Teatro dei Rinnovati
    Baroque Summer Academy Siena
    Since 2021, the Baroque Summer Academy of the Early Music Department of the Mozarteum University has been taking place in the city of Siena in Italy as part of the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana. For one week, the department's team of lecturers offers intensive masterclasses.
    Summer course

Courses

News & Previous productions

  • © Romana Stücklschweiger
    8.5.2024
    Falstaff - A perfect comedy 

    On 15 May, Giuseppe Verdi's last opera Falstaff celebrates its premiere under the musical direction of Kai Röhrig and directed by Florentine Klepper. The two artists provide exciting insights into the production and its creation in a double interview.

    Interview
  • Florentine Klepper | © POLA Studios
    15.4.2024
    On the sensual telling of stories 

    Florentine Klepper has been Professor of Music Drama (scenic) at the Department of Opera & Music Theatre since the summer semester 2024. In the interview, she provides insights into her working methods, previous and ongoing projects and shares her thoughts on the various facets of music theatre.

    Interview
  • Lehár Theater Bad Ischl | © Daniel Leitner / www.badischl.at
    17.3.2024
    Evil Operetta 

    As part of the Salzkammergut Capital of Culture 2024, the Lehár Theatre in Bad Ischl, in cooperation with the Mozarteum University and the Lehár Festival, will be the venue for a short operetta festival that aims to revive the operetta condemned by the National Socialists. The aim: short, topical, critical.

    News

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