A fascinating visual and informative documentation of how a new opera production evolves, taking Gaetano Donizetti‘s Don Pasquale at the Wiener Staatsoper as a case in point.
A special edition of this book is offered as a souvenir to the gentlemen visitors of the Vienna Opera Ball 2016.
Dominique Meyer Lois Lammerhuber 24 x 32 cm, 320 pages, 197 photos English, German, French Hardcover ISBN 978-3-903101-05-0 February 2016
Planning for any new opera production starts quite early – three to four years ahead, sometimes even longer. In comparison, the one year seems almost short that Lois Lammerhuber spent at the Vienna State Opera to observe and photograph the staging of Gaetano Donizetti‘s Don Pasquale – from the start to the opening night on 26 April 2015.
What do you need to look out for? What are the criteria for deciding on a particular opera? What does it take to put it on? In GENESIS, Dominique Meyer, Director of the Vienna State Opera, answers freely. He allows deep and intense insights into the sequence of processes that make up a new opera production, how he manages them, how modern opera management works and how the exact cooperation of many creative and passionate heads lets the magic of an opening night emerge.
After Metamorphoses, Creation, Celebration, Close-up, Passion, Emotion, Glamour, On Stage and Harmony, Genesis is the 10th volume in an encyclopaedic series about the Vienna State Opera, designed to grow by one volume per year until 2019, when the opera house celebrates its 150th anniversary.
became Director of the Vienna State Opera on 1 September 2010. He had worked in the cabinet of Minister of Cultural Affairs, Jack Lang, before being appointed, in 1989, as Director General of the Paris Opera, which includes Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille. From 1994 to 1999 he was Director General of Opera Lausanne, from September 1999 until the end of the 2009/2010 season he worked as general manager and Artistic Director of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.
Lois Lammerhuber
is a photographer and publisher. His close collaboration with GEO Magazine started in 1984, continues to this day, and has greatly influenced his approach to photography. His pictures have been published in hundreds of books and magazines and earned him international awards, including three times the Graphis Photo Awards for the world’s best photo report of the year. He joined the Art Directors Club New York in 1994. In 1996 he set up Edition Lammerhuber publishing house. In 2014 he received the Republic of Austria’s Cross of Honour, First Class, for Science and Art, followed in 2017 by the Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the City of Vienna, the Prize for Special Merit for Representative and Media Art by the City of Baden and the Grand Medal of Honour for Services to the Province of Lower Austria. In 2018 he became Director of the Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo.
This book portrays the unique ensemble of the Wiener Staatsoper – renowned for presenting the world’s best singers every evening – in a very personal way. A special edition of this book was offered as a souvenir to the gentlemen visitors of the Vienna Opera Ball 2015.
Gigantic stage technology and pure opera magic! Fascinating glimpses of the mysterious places behind, below and beside the stage. A special edition of this book was offered as a souvenir to the gentlemen visitors of the Vienna Opera Ball 2014.
Depicts the magic world of costumes in the costume workshops of ART FOR ART in Vienna. „ART FOR ART, probably the best costume workshops in the world.“ André Heller GLAMOUR was the gentlemen’s ball gift at the Vienna Opera Ball 2013.
A must-have for all lovers of classical music A portrait of one of the world’s best orchestras The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra – 143 brilliant musicians
"This book on ballet is unprecedented", says Dominique Meyer, Director of the Vienna State Opera. A tribute to highly gifted dancers by Lois Lammerhuber
A must-have for opera lovers! Ioan Holender was director of the Vienna State Opera for 19 years. In this book, he recollects all 118 premières of his term.
Opera in the making - CREATION shows the making of “Wagner’s Ring Cycle for Children”, from the very first sketches to the last curtain call at its premiere at the Vienna State Opera!
Charming architecture photos by Lois Lammerhuber, in a book on the Vienna State Opera published in the occasion of its 149th anniversary. Gentlemen’s ball gift of the Vienna Opera Ball 2009
