Bizet's "Les Pêcheurs de perles" for the first time at the Vienna State Opera

Premiere on May 14, 2026 in a production by Ersan Mondtag, conducted by Daniele Rustioni

"Every comedy contains tragic and lyrical moments"

Director Otto Schenk in conversation about directing the "Rosenkavalier"

Love potions & winter storms in the blissful moon

A powerful voice, a vaertoire: Michael Spyres brings bel canto, Strauss and Wagner together in Viennast rep

"I waited for Vienna out of great respect"

Daniele Rustioni makes his debut at the Vienna State Opera with Bizet's "Les Pêcheurs de perles"

Perceived as true

"You can really fly in French music"

Kristina Mkhitaryan on Leïla, the freedom of the voice & the humanity behind the icon

"Nadir lives under the power of memory"

A day without music? Impossible!

A portrait of the soprano Nikola Hillebrand

Luxury, power and fashion in Bizet's "Les Pêcheurs de perles"

Ersan Mondtag talks about consumption as religion, fashion as power and why beauty on stage is always political.

Under the spell of voice, loyalty & desire

Love, friendship, betrayal: in "Les Pêcheurs de perles", an old oath is in serious danger of being broken

An authenticity that can no longer be concealed

"Salome" as a family drama: Cyril Teste shows how loss, desire and power shape a young woman