Tag: Burgtheater Vienna
Burgtheater Vienna: Big end to a short directorship – culture
At the end, during the final applause, Martin Kušej steps up to the stage and bows to the Viennese audience with an ironic and elegant flourish. So that’s it, after…
Ulrich Rasche stages Goethe’s “Iphigenie auf Tauris” at the Burgtheater Vienna. – Culture
In contemporary theater, Ulrich Rasche is one of the last directors with an unmistakable style. You can recognize a Rasche production at first glance. Elaborate stage machinery is just as…
“Heldenplatz” at Vienna’s Burgtheater: Did anyone hear a bang? – Culture
One thing was clear from the start: Where it says Frank Castorf, there is Frank Castorf in it. Some spectators in Vienna’s Burgtheater, where Thomas Bernhard’s legendary play “Heldenplatz” premiered…
Actress Birgit Minichmayr in an interview – Culture
Actress Birgit Minichmayr on theater scandals, her role in Thomas Bernhard’s “Heldenplatz” and the question of how to remain stable in difficult times. Vienna, beginning of February. Birgit Minichmayr, 46,…
Burgtheater Vienna: Who is the animal here?
At Vienna’s Burgtheater, the productions “Nosferatu” and Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” deal with the question of how human humans actually are. source site
Claus Peymann stages “Waiting for Godot” – culture
When Claus Peymann was director of the Burgtheater in Vienna – we are talking about the end of the last century here – the Theater in der Josefstadt, this plush…
“The Misanthrope” at the Vienna Burgtheater: Kušej gives the finger – culture
In the run-up to this premiere there was a bit of a theater scandal smell. Word had gotten around that Martin Kušej was doing well with his production of Molière’s…
The Wiener Schauspielhaus has had four bosses since this season. – Culture
As of this season, the Vienna Schauspielhaus has not two, not three, but four bosses. Can this work? There have never been so many directors here: a new era has…
“Come closer”: a book about and with Peter Simonischek – culture
It begins with one last big applause: at the funeral procession. The dead Peter Simonischek is driven around the Vienna Burgtheater in a black car in a simple wooden coffin,…
On the back burner: “Phädra, in Flames” is on at the Burgtheater in Vienna, but the spark doesn’t want to spread. – Culture
Phaedra is one of the large, complicated female figures in Greek mythology, like Clytemnestra or Penthesilea. This queen embodies desire, as well as the fury of insult. Phaedra falls in…