Rathaus Film Festival August 2010 Program

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Rathaus Film Festival 2012

For this year’s information, see Rathaus Film Festival 2012.

Music Film Festival at Vienna City Hall in August 2010

The first film starts when it gets dark, usually around 9 pm in early August, and around 8:30 towards the end of August.

Get there at least 15-30 minutes in advance if you want to sit, especially for the better known performances.

See general information about Rathaus Film Festival 2010.

Detailed program in July 2010 and September 2010.

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Sunday 1 August 2010

Genoveva

Opera

Robert Schumann

Zurich Opera Orchestra and Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Juliane Banse, Shawn Mathey, Martin Ganter, Cornelia Kalisch, Alfred Muff, Ruben Drole, and others

Monday 2 August 2010

Horowitz at the White House and Horowitz Live!

Concert

Frederik Chopin, Robert Schumann, Sergej Rachmaninow

New York Philharmonic, Zubin Metha, Vladimir Horowitz

Tuesday 3 August 2010

Igudesman & Joo: A little Nightmare Music

Musical comedy

Written, conceived, and performed by Igudesman & Joo

Influenced by: Mozart, Monty Python, Victor Borge, Dudley Moore, Comedy, Theatre, Classical Music, all other music, Life, Death, the Universe, Chocolate, Basketball, and Rabbits

Mahler Symphonie Nr. 6

Concert

Gustav Mahler

Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Wednesday 4 August 2010

Herbert von Karajan: Gedächtniskonzert mit den Berliner Philharmonikern

Concert

W.A. Mozart

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, R. Harnisch, K. Mattila, S. Mingardo, M. Schade, B. Terfel

Sacrificium – Die Kunst der Castrati

Concert

Giovanni Antonini

Il Giardino Armonico, Cecilia Bartoli

Thursday 5 August 2010

An evening with Nacho Duato (Por vos Muero and Arcangelo)

Modern ballet

Traditional Spanish music from 1500-1600 and Corelli, Scarlatti

The Norwegian National Ballet

Nebbia

Modern ballet

Daniele Finzi Pasca with Cirque Eloize & Theatro Sunil

The Neighbours: A ballet from the real life by Jo Strømgren and Stein-Roger Bull

Modern ballet

Leos Janacek

Leif Ove Andsnes, Line Tørmoen, Dimitri Jourde

Friday 6 August 2010

Orlando Paladino

Opera

Joseph Haydn

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Tom Randle, Marlis Petersen, Victor Torres, Pietro Spagnoli, Magnus Staveland, Arttu Kataja, Sunhae Im, Alexandrina Pendatchanska

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Saturday 7 August 2010

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2010

Concert

Johann Strauss I & II, Josef Strauss, Eduard Strauss, Otto Nicolai, Jacques Offenbach

Wiener Philharmoniker, Georges Prêtre

Sunday 8 August 2010

Wiener Blut (Viennese Blood)

Operetta

Johann Strauss

Festival Orchester Mörbisch, Harald Serafin, Ursula Pfitzner, Rainer Trost, Freddy Schwardtmann, and others

Monday 9 August 2010

Ballett Russe

Ballet

Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Manuel de Falla, Carl Maria von Weber

Vello Pähn

Tuesday 10 August 2010

Operavox – Animationsopern: Die Zauberflöte, Der Barbier von Sevilla, Carmen

Opera

Richard Wagner, Giacomo Pucini, Guiseppe Verdi

Welsh National Opera

Wednesday 11 August 2010

Seven Gates of Jerusalem

Concert

Krzysztof Penderecki

The Neighbours: A ballet from the real life by Jo Strømgren and Stein-Roger Bull

Modern ballet

Leos Janacek

Leif Ove Andsnes, Line Tørmoen, Dimitri Jourde

Thursday 12 August 2010

Festkonzert: 50 Jahre Wiedereröffnung der Wiener Staatsoper

Concert

Richard Strauss, W. A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and others

Wiener Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, Daniele Gatti, Franz Welser-Möst; Agnes Baltsa, Plácido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Angelika Kirchschlager, Thomas Hampson, Michael Schade, Deborah Polaski, Johan Botha, Bryn Terfel, and others

Friday 13 August 2010

Schwanensee von Matthew Bourne (Swan Lake)

Ballet

Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski

The New London Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones, Adam Cooper, Scott Ambler, Fiona Chadwick, and others

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Saturday 14 August 2010

DJ Tiesto live in concert 2

Concert, modern dance music

DJ Tiesto

Sunday 15 August 2010

Messias (Händel)

Opera

Georg Friedrich Händel

Ensemble Matheus, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Florian Boesch, Richard Croft, Susan Gritton, Cornelia Horak, Paul Lorenger, Bejun Mehta, Nadia Kichler, Martin Pöllmann

Monday 16 August 2010

Igudesman & Joo: A little Nightmare Music

Musical comedy

Written, conceived, and performed by Igudesman & Joo

Influenced by: Mozart, Monty Python, Victor Borge, Dudley Moore, Comedy, Theatre, Classical Music, all other music, Life, Death, the Universe, Chocolate, Basketball, and Rabbits

Max Raabe & das Palastorchester aus Berlin

Concert

Leo Leux, Hans Hannes, Erwin Bootz, Gerd Karlick, and others

Palast Orchester, Max Raabe

Tuesday 17 August 2010

Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazon in Paris 2007; The Dream Couple of Opera

Concert

Tchaikovsky, Gounod, Bernstein, Puccini, and others

Orchestra Orchestre National de Belgique (Belgium National Orchestra), Soprano Anna Netrebko, Tenor Rolando Villazon

Wednesday 18 August 2010

Aida

Opera

Guiseppe Verdi

Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Rizzi, Tatiana Serjan, Iano Tamar, Rubens Pelizzari, Kevin Short, and others

Thursday 19 August 2010

Herbert von Karajan: Gedächtniskonzert mit den Berliner Philharmonikern

Concert

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, R. Harnisch, K. Mattila, S. Mingardo, M. Schade, B. Terfel

Sacrificium – The art of the castrati

Concert

Giovanni Antonini

Il Giardino Armonico, Cecilia Bartoli

Friday 20 August 2010

Grover Washington Jr. – Standing room only

Concert, jazz

Grover Washington Jr.

The Jazz Channel presents Herbie Hancock

Concert, jazz

Herbie Hancock

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Saturday 21 August 2010

Im Weissen Rössl

Operetta

Ralph Benatzky

Festival Orchester Mörbisch, Rainhard Fendrich, Zabine Kapfinger, Klaus Eberhartinger, Harald Serafin, and others

Sunday 22 August 2010

Carmen

Opera

Georges Bizet

Opernhaus Zürich, Franz Welser-Möst, Matthias Hartmann, Vesselina Kasarova, Jonas Kaufmann, Michele Pertusi, Isabel Rey

Monday 23 August 2010

Infra

Modern ballet

Max Richter

The Royal Ballet, Julian Opie, Lucy Carter, Moritz Junge

Nebbia

Modern ballet

Daniele Finzi Pasca, Cirque Eloize, Theatro Sunil

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Pierre Boulez dirigiert das Cleveland Orchestra

Concert

Gustav Mahler (Adagio from Symphony No. 10; Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Magdalena Kozena, Christian Gerhaher

Wednesday 25 August 2010

Hänsel und Gretel

Opera

Adelheid and Hermann Wette, Gustav Ferdinand, Engelbert Humperdinck

Capella Istropolitana, Kinderchor der Musikhauptschule Blindenmarkt, Martin Haselböck, Michael Sturminger, Klaus Kuttler, Susanne Kreusch, Romelia Lichtenstein, Bernarda Bobro, Irmgard Vilsmaier, Aleksandra Zamojska

Thursday 26 August 2010

Georges Prêtre dirigiert die Wiener Symphoniker

Concert

Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel

Wiener Symphoniker, Georges Prêtre

Friday 27 August 2010

The Jazz Channel presents Bobby Womack

Concert, jazz

Bobby Womack

The Jazz Channel presents Chaka Chaka Chaka Khan

Concert, jazz

Chaka Khan

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Saturday 28 August 2010

La Traviata

Opera

Guiseppe Verdi

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Zubin Metha, Eteri Gvazava, Jose Cura, Rolando Panerai

Sunday 29 August 2010

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2010

Concert

Johann Strauss I & II, Josef Strauss, Eduard Strauss, Otto Nicolai, Jacques Offenbach

Wiener Philharmoniker, Georges Prêtre

Monday 30 August 2010

Don Giovanni

Opera

W. A. Mozart

Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Daniel Harding, Thomas Hampson, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Melanie Diener, Christine Schäfer, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Piotr Beczala, Robert Lloyd, Luca Pisaroni

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Horowitz at the White House and Horowitz Live!

Concert

Frederik Chopin, Robert Schumann, Sergej Rachmaninow

New York Philharmonic, Zubin Metha, Vladimir Horowitz