Johann Strauß:
Overture to “Eine Nacht in Venedig”
Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410
Spiel’ ich die Unschuld vom Lande (Die Fledermaus)

Giacomo Puccini:
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

Georges Bizet:
Toreador (Carmen)

Josef Strauß:
Winterlust, Op. 121

Gioachino Rossini:
Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)

Leo Delibes:
Pizzicati (Sylvia)

Franz Léhar:
Lippen schweigen (Die lustige Witwe)
Da geh ich zu Maxim (Die lustige Witwe)
Gold und Silber, Op. 79

Robert Stolz:
Gruß aus Wien, Op. 898

All arrangements by Josef Reif

Following the tradition of Arnold Schoenberg and his society for private musical performances, all the pieces in this production were completely redesigned and masterfully arranged by the principal horn player of the Vienna Philharmonic, Josef Reif, in order to make them performable in a reduced formation and in smaller venues. The Theophil Ensemble Wien under the musical direction of Matthias Schorn, together with Theresa Grabner (soprano) and Daniel Schmutzhard (baritone), uncovers completely new perspectives on titles played millions of times and enables very intense, dense and intimate listening experiences through the “luxury of reduction”. Convince yourself: If you want to feel, you have to listen!

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Recording: Kulturbahnhof Altenmarkt-Thenneberg/Austria, 2017.