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Rebecca Schmid

Berlin, Vienna

Editor, InsideOut Classical and Freelance Music Writer at Freelance

Author of “Weill, Blitzstein and Bernstein” @boydellmusic; contributor @nytimes @morgenpost #dasOrchester et al. Professor @WebsterVienna

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  • After A Long Absence, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Iolanta’ Makes Colorful Return

    3 weeks ago | classicalvoiceamerica.org | Rebecca Schmid

    VIENNA — Escaping from darkness into light, the title character in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta overcomes blindness through the help of a doctor with spiritual powers. But the other senses — smell, touch, sound — may be more important. In a new production at the Vienna State Opera, she holds her hands over her eyes after a magical rose garden yields to a war-torn city. The one-act opera, seen March 31, is being mounted at the house after a pause of over a century.

  • Double Dose Of ‘Norma’ Offers Rewards But Also Begs Serious Questions

    1 month ago | classicalvoiceamerica.org | Rebecca Schmid

  • Johann Strauss Bonbon Unwrapped As A Tasty Bicentennial Confection

    Jan 21, 2025 | classicalvoiceamerica.org | Rebecca Schmid

    VIENNA — All but one of Johann Strauss II’s operettas premiered at the Theater an der Wien, which reopened this season following renovations that outfitted the foyer with white marble and brighter lighting. And yet, it is only upon bicentenary celebrations across the city that the house has mounted his seventh stage work, Das Spitzentuch der Königin (The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief), first heard here under the composer’s baton in 1880. As seen at the Jan.

  • Riccardo Muti Celebrates Musical Milestones in Vienna

    Dec 23, 2024 | nytimes.com | Rebecca Schmid

    Knowing the language makes it possible to understand the blood of our culture. And I was very impressed when the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra performed "Cavalleria." After many rehearsals, they understood the intensity and fire that represent the south of Italy - the jealousy, love, violence, religion - all these things that Mascagni captured, but that are very distant from Chinese culture. Music in this sense can overcome any misunderstanding.

  • Constanze Geiger, 19th-Century Composer and Child Star, Gains New Fame

    Dec 23, 2024 | nytimes.com | Rebecca Schmid

    Two years later, the opera singers Raffaele Mirate and Felice Varesi - both of whom enjoyed close working relationships with Donizetti and Verdi - performed her "Duettino for Tenor and Bass" at the Vienna Imperial Palace, or Hofburg. Geiger was mentored by her father, the composer Joseph Geiger, who served as music teacher to the archduke (and future emperor) Franz Joseph.

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Rebecca Schmid
Rebecca Schmid @schmidr17
4 Apr 25

The title character of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” overcomes blindness through the help of a doctor with spiritual powers. In a new production @WrStaatsoper, she holds her hands over her eyes after a magical rose garden yields to a war-torn city. More 👇 https://t.co/G9CLyBHK2S https://t.co/unQ3vQ1mQj

Rebecca Schmid
Rebecca Schmid @schmidr17
2 Apr 25

RT @EmmanuelMacron: Majestés, bienvenue ! Amis de toujours, le Danemark et la France marchent d’un même pas. Ensemble pour bâtir une Europ…

Rebecca Schmid
Rebecca Schmid @schmidr17
10 Mar 25

Warring Druids and Romans in Bellini’s *Norma* ❤️‍🔥 @TheaterWien @WrStaatsoper Does Vienna need two productions as budget cuts loom across Europe? 👇 https://t.co/ZmJEKoUMLN @Classical Voice North America