Otto Schenk - Selected Works As Opera Producer, Director

Selected Works As Opera Producer, Director

  • Die Zauberflöte (1957), Salzburg National Theatre. Debut as an opera director
  • Lulu (1962), Vienna State Opera (Karl Böhm conducting)
  • Carmen (1966), Vienna State Opera (Lorin Maazel conducting; with Christa Ludwig as Carmen)
  • Don Giovanni (June 15, 1967), Vienna State Opera (designed by Luciano Damiani; Josef Krips conducting, with Cesare Siepi as Don Giovanni)
  • Der Rosenkavalier (1968), Vienna State Opera (Leonard Bernstein conducting)
  • Fidelio (1970), Vienna State Opera (Leonard Bernstein conducting)
  • Die Fledermaus (1972), Bavarian State Opera Munich
  • Le nozze di Figaro (1974), La Scala (Claudio Abbado conducting, with Mirella Freni as the countess, José van Dam as Figaro, and Teresa Berganza as Cherubino)
  • Un ballo in maschera (1975), Royal Opera House, (Claudio Abbado conducting, with Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Reri Grist, Piero Cappuccilli)
  • Tannhäuser (1978), Metropolitan Opera. Still in use at the Met.
  • Andrea Chénier (1981), Vienna State Opera (Nello Santi conducting, with Plácido Domingo in the title role)
  • Baal (1981, premier), Salzburger Festival (later Vienna State Opera)
  • Der Freischütz (1983), Bregenzer Festival
  • Der Ring des Nibelungen (1986), Metropolitan Opera (James Levine conducting). Retired from the Met in May, 2009.
  • Manon Lescaut (1986), Vienna State Opera (Giuseppe Sinopoli conducting, with Mirella Freni as Manon)
  • Die Zauberflöte (1988), Vienna State Opera (Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting, with Jerry Hadley as Tamino)
  • Rigoletto (1989), Metropolitan Opera (Marcello Panni conducting, with Leo Nucci in the title role, Luciano Pavarotti as the Duke and June Anderson as Gilda). Still in use at the Met.
  • Parsifal (1991), Metropolitan Opera (James Levine conducting, with Plácido Domingo in the title role). Still in use at the Met.
  • Elektra (1992), Metropolitan Opera (Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis). Still in use at the Met.
  • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1993), Metropolitan Opera (James Levine conducting). Still in use at the Met.
  • Rusalka (1993), Metropolitan Opera. Still in use at the Met.
  • Don Pasquale (March 31, 2006), Metropolitan Opera (Maurizio Benini conducting, standing in for an injured James Levine), with Anna Netrebko as Norina and Juan Diego Flórez as Ernesto

The Metropolitan Opera currently uses his productions of Parsifal, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tannhäuser, Rigoletto, Elektra and Rusalka, among others. Many of his productions are available on DVD, including his Vienna State Opera productions of Fidelio and Rosenkavalier, and his Met productions of Parsifal, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tannhäuser and Der Ring des Nibelungen. In October 2010, Schenk returned to the Met to revive his Don Pasquale with Netrebko. In December 2010, he revived his Rosenkavalier (conducted by Asher Fish, cast including Adrianne Pieczonka) at the Vienna State Opera.

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