Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Archive 2001 - 2010
- Cronicle 2001
- Cronicle 2002
- Cronicle 2003
- Cronicle 2004
- Cronicle 2005
- Cronicle 2006
- Cronicle 2007
- Cronicle 2008
- Cronicle 2009
- Cronicle 2010
Due to the lack of space, the more than 250 opera performances that the choir sung in the Vienna State Opera every year, can not be mentioned here. For these details, please see the Programme of the Vienna State Opera (external Link).
Cronicle 2001 
Please visit our 2001 german site for more information
February 2001: Viennese Opera Ball
For the first time in the history of the Viennese Opera Ball, the CA takes part in the opening ceremony.
May 2001: Philharmonic Concert in the Vienna State Opera
Giuseppe Verdi: MESSA DA REQUIEM
Conductor: Riccardo Muti / Chorus master: Ernst Dunshirn / with Gauci, Urmana, Sabbatini, Miles / Wiener Philharmoniker
July & August 2001: Salzburg Festival
• Leos Janácek: JENUFA
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner / Director: Bob Swaim / Chorus master: Donald Palumbo / Tschechische Philharmonie
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling / Director: Christoph Marthaler / Chorus master: Donald Palumbo / Camerata Salzburg
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: COSI FAN TUTTE
Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek / Director: Hans Neuenfels / Chorus master: Donald Palumbo / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Giuseppe Verdi: DON CARLO (Photo)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel / Director, stage and costumes: Herbert Wernicke / Chorus master: Donald Palumbo / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Giuseppe Verdi: FALSTAFF
Conductor: Lorin Maazel / Director: Declan Donnellan / Chorus master: Donald Palumbo / Wiener Philharmoniker
September 2001: Guest performance at the Scala in Milano
Giuseppe Verdi: JERUSALEM
With Mescheriakova, Purdy, Furlanetto, Wiener Philharmoniker
Cronicle 2002
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February & May 2002: Smaller Performances
One concert at the opening of the International Atom Authority Ball (lAEA Staff Association)and one at the International Choir Symposium at the University for Music in Vienna.
June 2002: Guest performance in Ravenna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Conductor: Riccardo Muti / Director: Giorgio Strehler / Chorus master: Ernst Dunshirn / Vienna Philharmonics
July & August 2002: Salzburg Festival
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DON GIOVANNI
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Director: Martin Kusej / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Vienna Philharmonics
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy / Director, stage, costumes: Achim Freyer / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Vienna Philharmonics
• Giacomo Puccini: TURANDOT(Photo)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev / Director: David Pountney / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Vienna Philharmonics
• Richard Wagner: DIE WALKÜRE (First Act) & PARSIFAL (Second Act)
Conductor: James Levine / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / The MET Orchestra / Non-scenic performance.
• Charles Gounod: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / RSO Vienna / Non-scenic performances.
• Gioacchino Rossini: LA DONNA DEL LAGO
Conductor: Marcello Viotti / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg / Non-scenic performances.
• Giuseppe Verdi: MESSA DA REQUIEM
Conductor: Riccardo Muti / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Vienna Philharmonics
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: D-MINOR REQUIEM
Arnold Schönberg: DIE JAKOBSLEITER
Conductor: Kent Nagano / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
October & November 2002: Exhibition on the 75th Anniversary of the CA and Jubilee Gala in the Vienna State Opera
In innumerable historic pictures and recordings, the history of the Choir Association was documented from 1927 up to the present. The Director of the State Opera, Ioan Holender, personally opened this historic event. The 75th Anniversary was celebrated with a Benefit- Gala- Matinée, which Marcello Viotti conducted and the soloists were Leo Nucci and Stella Grigorian.
Cronicle 2003
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March 2003: CD-recording with Anna Netrebko
The CA sings the choir passages for the CD recording of Anna Netrebko in the Vienna Musikverein with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
April 2003: Klangbogen- Concert
Hector Berlioz: GRANDE MESSE DES MORTS
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy / Tenor: Sabbatini / RSO Vienna
July/August 2003: Salzburg Festival
• Giuseppe Verdi: DON CARLO
Conductor: Valery Gergiev / Director: Herbert Wernicke / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Wiener Philharmoniker.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Director: Martin Kusej / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Wiener Philharmoniker.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DON GIOVANNI
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Director: Martin Kusej / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Wiener Philharmoniker.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (Photo)
Conductor: Ivor Bolton / Director: Stefan Herheim / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.
• Hans Werner Henze: L'UPUPA UND DER TRIUMPH DER SOHNESLIEBE
Conductor: Markus Stenz / Director: Dieter Dorn / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Wiener Philharmoniker.
• Jacques Offenbach: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN
Conductor: Kent Nagano / Director: David McVicar / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Wiener Philharmoniker.
• Camille Saint-Saens: SAMSON ET DALILA
Non scenic performance / Conductor: Valery Gergiev / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Mariinsky-Kirov-Orchester St. Petersburg.
• Johannes Brahms: EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM op. 45
Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Chorus master: Rupert Huber Radio Symphonieorchester Wien.
• Aleksandr Skrjabin: ORCHESTRA CONCERT Vers la Flamme op. 72
Conductor: Gerd Albrecht / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Piano: Alexei Lubimov / Dänisches Nationalorchester
Cronicle 2004
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February 2004: Jose Carreras Gala
José Carreras sings at the charity event for his leukemia- foundation in the State opera with Agnes Baltsa and the CA (Concert Association).
March 2004: Tribute to Leo Nucci
Leo Nucci was awarded the Honorary Membership of the Vienna State Opera. The Concert Association presented Nucci a photo that shows him, together with the choir, at the 2002 jubilee gala.
April 2004: Radio Stephansdom starts series over the CA
The Vienna classic radio-station dedicated six Sunday programs to the Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus.
May 2004: Philharmonic Concert in the Vienna State Opera
Hector Berlioz: GRANDE MESSE DES MORTS (Requiem)
Tenor: Torsten Kerl / Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus / Slovakian Philharmonic Choir / Vienna Philharmonics / Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
July & August 2004: Salzburg Festival
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL
Conductor: Julia Jones / Director: Stefan Herheim / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: COSI FAN TUTTE
Conductor: Philippe Jordan / Directors: Ursel und Karl-Ernst Herrmann / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Vienna Philharmonics.
• Henry Purcell: KING ARTHUR (Photo)
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Director: Jürgen Flimm / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Concentus Musicus Wien.
• Richard Strauss: DER ROSENKAVALIER
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov/ Peter Schneider / Director: Robert Carsen / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Vienna Philharmonics.
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: DIE TOTE STADT
Conductor: Donald Runnicles / Director: Willy Decker / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Vienna Philharmonics.
• Vincenzo Bellini: I CAPULETI ED I MONTECCHI
Conductor: Ivor Bolton / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg / non-scenic performances.
September & October 2004: Guest performance in Japan
Already the sixth guest performance of the Vienna State Opera in Tokyo. This time DON GIOVANNI and LE NOZZE DI FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was performed under the baton of Seiji Ozawa.
December 2004: Licht ins Dunkel
On Christmas Eve the CA sang some choral works for the Charity Event LICHT INS DUNKEL (light into the darkness) on Austrian TV.
Cronicle 2005
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February 2005: Church- Concert in Bolzano (Italy)
W. A. Mozart: C- MOLL MESSE & A. Vivaldi: GLORIA
Conductor: Prof. Ernst Dunshirn / Soloists of the Concert Association: Danielovà, Knauer, Dritan, Tibrea, Auer, Parzer / Salzburger Barocksolisten
March 2005: Osterklang- Concert (Konzerthaus Wien)
Giuseppe Verdi: QUATTRO PEZZI SACRI & Johannes Brahms: RINALDO
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy / Chorus master: Andreas Schüller / RSO Wien
May 2005: Philharmonic Concert in the Vienna State Opera
Benjamin Britten: WAR REQUIEM
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa / Ricarda Merbeth / Michael Schade / Thomas Quasthoff / Wiener Philharmoniker
July & August 2005: Salzburg Festival
• Franz Schreker: DIE GEZEICHNETEN
Conductor: Kent Nagano / Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.
• Goffredo Petrassi: CORO DI MORTI & Johannes Brahms: SCHICKSALSLIED
Conductor: Riccardo Muti / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Pierre Boulez: NOTATIONS I-IV, VII & Maurice Ravel: DAPHNIS ET CHLOE
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle / Chorus master: Rupert Huber / Berliner Philharmoniker
• Brahms, Schubert and Strauss: CHOIR CONCERT (Photo)
Conductor: Rupert Huber
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Conductor: Riccardo Muti / Director: Graham Vick / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Giuseppe Verdi: LA TRAVIATA
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi / Director: Willy Decker / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: COSI FAN TUTTE
Conductor: Philippe Jordan / Director: Ursel und Karl-Ernst Herrmann / Wiener Philharmoniker
English translation
Tania Oppel, extraordinary member of the concert-union, translates the CA- Website, that can finally go online in March 2005.
Cronicle 2006
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July 2006: Ravenna Music Festival & Clemens Krauss Medal to R. Muti
W.A. Mozart: VESPERAE SOLEMNES DE CONFESSORE & AVE VERUM CORPUS
J. Haydn: TE DEUM in C
Conductor: Riccardo Muti / Orchestra: Giovanile "Luigi Cherubini"
The choir was invited by Maestro Muti to perform in two Concerts at "his" festival in Ravenna. Executive director Michael Knapp presented Riccardo Muti with the golden Clemens Krauss Medal.
July & August 2006: Salzburg Festival
• W.A.Mozart: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Director: Claus Guth / Chorus master: Andreas Schüller / Wiener Philharmoniker
• W.A.Mozart: DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL
Conductor: Ivor Bolton / Director: Stefan Herheim / Chorus master: Andreas Schüller / Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
• W.A.Mozart: THE MAGIC FLUTE
Conductor: Riccardo Muti / Director: Pierre Audi / Chorus master: Thomas Lang / Wiener Philharmoniker
• W.A.Mozart: COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Photo)
Conductor: Manfred Honeck / Directors: Ursel Herrmann und Karl-Ernst Herrmann / Chorus master: Thomas Lang / Wiener Philharmoniker
• W.A.Mozart: DON GIOVANNI
Conductor: Daniel Harding / Director: Martin Kušej / Chorus master: Thomas Lang / Wiener Philharmoniker
• W.A.Mozart: LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Director: Martin Kušej / Chorus master: Andreas Schüller / Wiener Philharmoniker
• W.A.Mozart: BETULIA LIBERATA
Conductor: Christoph Poppen / Chorus master: Andreas Schüller / Münchener Kammerorchester
• W.A.Mozart: THAMOS, KING IN EGYPT KV 345
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy / Chorus master: Thomas Lang / RSO Wien
November 2006: Clemens Krauss Medal to Leo Nucci
The CA presented Leo Nucci with the silver Clemens Krauss Medal.
December 2006: Philharmonic Concert in the Vienna State Opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: REQUIEM
Conductor: Christian Thielemann / Wiener Philharmoniker. On the 215th anniversary of the death of Mozart, his last masterpiece was performed.
Cronicle 2007
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May 2007: Philharmonic Concert in the Vienna State Opera
Mahler: II. SYMPHONY
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa / Merbeth and Baechle / Wiener Philharmoniker
June 2007: Choir concert in Schloßhof
CHOIR CONCERT in Schloßhof in Marchfeld on the 22nd of June.
July 2007: Ravenna Music Festival
CHOIR CONCERT with compositions by Buxtehude, Gabrieli and Schütz
Conductor: Uwe Theimer / Organ: A. Halbartschlager / Violoncello: F. Bartolomey
July & August 2007: Salzburg Festival
• Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski: EUGEN ONEGIN
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor / Andrea Breth, Stage director/ Thomas Lang, Chorus master / Vienna Philharmonic
• Hector Berlioz: BENVENUTO CELLINI
Valery Gergiev, Conductor / Philipp Stölzl, Stage director and sets / Andreas Schüller, Chorus master / Vienna Philharmonic
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Daniel Harding, Conductor / Claus Guth, Stage director / Thomas Lang, Chorus master / Vienna Philharmonic
• Hector Berlioz: LELIO OU LE RETOUR A LA VIE
Riccardo Muti, Conductor / Gérard Depardieu, Recitation / Vienna Philharmonic
• Carl Maria von Weber: DER FREISCHÜTZ (Photo)
Markus Stenz, Conductor / Falk Richter, Stage director / Andreas Schüller, Chorus master / Vienna Philharmonic
• Franz Schubert: INTENDE VOCI & GESANG DER GEISTER
Anton Bruckner: SYMPHONY no.7
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Conductor / Michael Schade, Tenor / Vienna Philharmonic
• Johannes Brahms: RINALDO
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor / Johan Botha, Tenor / RSO Vienna
September & October 2007: Guest performances
The State opera visits Taipeh and Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea), Singapur and Sibiuk/ Hermannstadt (Rumänien). Performed will be a concertante performance of "Le nozze di Figaro" by W.A.Mozart.
Italian Translation
Paola Bono (extraordinary member of the Concert Association) completes the Italian translation of the CA- State Opera Choir- Website in June 2007.
Cronicle 2008
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January 2008: Concert at the "Theater an der Wien"
Franz Schubert: ROSAMUNDE
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy / Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
February 2008: Guest performances in Amsterdam and Taipeh
The Vienna State Opera performs COSI FAN TUTTE in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Then the choir sings in Taipeh (Taiwan) EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM.
June 2008: Concert at the Ravenna Festival
Hector Berlioz: LELIO OU LE RETOUR LA VIE
Conductor: Riccardo Muti; Speaker: Gérard Depardieu
July & August 2008: Salzburger Festspiele
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DON GIOVANNI
Bertrand de Billy, conductor / Claus Guth, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Giuseppe Verdi: OTELLO
Riccardo Muti, conductor / Stephen Langridge, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Charles Gounod: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor / Bartlett Sher, director / Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
• Béla Bartók: CANTATA PROFANA – Die neun Zauberhirsche (Photo)
Peter Eötvös, conductor / Johan Simons, director / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Riccardo Muti, conductor / Pierre Audi, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Antonín Dvorák: RUSALKA
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor / Jossi Wieler & Sergio Morabito, director / The Cleveland Orchestra
• Johannes Brahms: EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM
Riccardo Muti, conductor / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Gustav Mahler: SYMPHONIE No 3
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Franz Schubert: ROSAMUNDE
Marc Minkowski, conductor / Camerata Salzburg
• Felix Mendelssohn: EIN SOMMERNACHTSTRAUM
Marc Minkowski, conductor / Camerata Salzburg
October & November 2008: Guest performances in Japan
The Vienna State Opera performs COSI FAN TUTTE, FIDELIO and ROBERTO DEVEREUX.
November 2008: Concert in Laxenburg
Johannes Brahms: EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM
Bernhard Schneider, conductor / Eduard and Johannes Kutrowatz, piano
December 2008: Concert in Bologna (Italy)
Ludwig van Beethoven: IX.SYMPHONIE
Conductor: Alberto Veronesi / Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Japanese translation
Megumi Ijichi (wife of choir member Hiro Ijichi) translated the homepage of the choir.
Cronicle 2009
Please visit our 2009 german site for more information
May 2009: Concert in Taiwan
From the 17th to the 22nd of May the CA sang at the opening ceremony of a newly built stadium.
July & August 2009: Salzburg Festival
• Luigi Nono: AL GRAN SOLE CARICO DÁMORE
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor / Katie Mitchell, director / James Wood, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Ludwig v. Beethoven: FIDELIO
Daniel Barenboim, conductor / Thomas Lang, chorus master / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
• Franz Liszt: FAUST- SYMPHONIE
Riccardo Muti, conductor / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
•Gioachino Rossini: MOISE ET PHARAON (Photo)
Riccardo Muti, conductor / Jürgen Flimm, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Daniel Harding, conductor / Claus Guth, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: COSI FAN TUTTE
Adam Fischer, conductor / Claus Guth, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
November 2009: Concert in Seoul
On the 23rd of November the CA sang at the Sognam Art Center in South Korea a concert with pieces from Joseph Haydn and Johann Strauss.
Cronicle 2010
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January 2010: New Years Concert in Taiwan
The CA choir sang in Taichung, Kaohsiung und Taipei three concerts with pieces from Strauss and Verdi.
July & August 2010: Salzburg Festival
• Wolfgang Rihm: DIONYSOS
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor / Pierre Audi, director / Jörn Andresen, chorus master / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
• Christoph Willibald Gluck: ORFEO ED EURIDICI (Photo)
Riccardo Muti, conductor / Dieter Dorn, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Richard Strauss: ELEKTRA
Daniele Gatti, conductor / Nikolaus Lehnhoff, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Wolfgang A. Mozart: DON GIOVANNI
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor / Claus Guth, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Charles Gounod: ROMEO ET JULIETTE
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor / Bartlett Sher, director / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
• Vincenzo Bellini: NORMA
Friedrich Haider, conductor / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Camerata Salzburg
• Anton Bruckner: TE DEUM
Daniel Barenboim, conductor / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
• Sergej Prokofjew: IWAN DER SCHRECKLICHE
Riccardo Muti, conductor / Thomas Lang, chorus master / Wiener Philharmoniker
August 2010: Night of choirs in Belgium
As well as THE VOCA PEOPLE, THE RUBETTES, EARTH WIND AND FIRE, CARMINA SLOVENICA, BR6 also the CONCERT ASSOCIATION was singing at this long concert evening.