“We play for Austria” kick-off live in Ö1

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“We play for Austria” Artists sing on ORF III A concert organized by the Vienna State Opera on Sunday, April 19, 2020 (8:15 p.m. on ORF III and on Radio Ö1) will kick off three live music evenings from ORF RadioKulturhaus, which on the initiative of ORF III in cooperation u. a. with the Haus am Ring, the Volksoper Vienna and the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien under the motto “We play for Austria”. Popular artists such as KS Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov, KS Juan Diego Flórez, Valentina Nafornita, KS Tomasz Konieczny, Elena Maximova and Jongmin Park sing arias and duets from the opera and classical repertoire and songs from their homeland. The program is supplemented by video clips from Jonas Kaufmann, KS Piotr Beczała as well as Andreas Schager and Lidia Baich. The artists are accompanied by a string quartet from the RSO Vienna, on the piano: Jendrik Springer (director of the Vienna State Opera). “Experience stage” moderator Barbara Rett leads through the program, Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz comments on Ö1. The three concerts, which take place in the ORF RadioKulturhaus in compliance with the strictest security requirements, will be broadcast as part of “Erlebnis Bühne mit Barbara Rett” – on April 26, the evening will be devoted to operetta with the Volksoper Vienna, and on May 3 the musical with the VBW. The concerts will be broadcast live and after the TV broadcast for seven days as video-on-demand worldwide (concert from April 19) or throughout Austria (concerts from April 26 and May 3) via ORF-TVthek (https : //TVthek.ORF.at) provided. The complete program of the concert can be found here: http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at @anna_netrebko_yusi_tiago @jdiego_florez @lidia_baich @tenorkaufmann @valentinanafornita @elenamaximova_mezzosoprano @ tomasz.konieczny @piotrbeczala @jandminreasschager_bass

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“Making the seemingly impossible possible in the service of the Austrian culture.”
ORF Director General Wrabetz

“Culture lives – even in times of corona and closed operas, theaters and concert halls. Under the motto ‘We play for Austria’, ORF offers domestic and international stars of the most renowned Austrian music theater the largest media stage in the country – and its audience an incomparable cultural experience “says ORF director general Alexander Wrabetz.

Start live in Ö1

The “We play for Austria” series starts with an evening organized by the Vienna State Opera with popular stars of the opera world: Anna Netrebko with husband Yusif Eyvazov, Juan Diego Flórez, Valentina Nafornița, Tomasz Konieczny, Elena Maximova and Jongmin Park both sing popular Arias from the classical repertoire as well as a personal musical message. Jonas Kaufmann from Germany, Piotr Beczala from Poland and Andreas Schager with wife Lidia Baich from Lower Austria send musical greetings via video playback. Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz leads through the program in a proven manner.

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There is a string quartet by RSO Vienna with concert master Peter Matzka, violinist Jue-Hyang Park, violist Martin Kraushofer and cellist Solveig Nordmeyer. The soloists are accompanied on the piano by the pianist and director of studies at the Vienna State Opera, Jendrik Springer.

Operetta & musical

April 26 is all about operetta: Stars of the Volksoper Vienna present a musical evening with popular pieces by the so-called light muse. The public favorites Johanna Arrouas, Martina Mikelić, Rebecca Nelsen, Ursula Pfitzner, Melba Ramos, Ben Connor, Oliver Liebl, Carsten Süss and Vincent Schirrmacher sing arias and duets by Johann Strauß, Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán and Ralph Benatzky. Volksoper director Robert Meyer gives a Couplet by Jacques Offenbach and gives a presenter through the program and in a contribution behind the scenes of his opera house.

On May 3rd, the musical stars of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien make their cultural contribution and ensure an atmospheric evening with the most popular VBW musical ballads.

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