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Spartacus

VenueTheater an der Wien
CalendarThu 26 Nov 2026
Synopsis/Details

Slave rebellion at the Vienna court (theatre)! Here it was that, in 1726, Giuseppe Porsile staged the dramatic story of Spartacus and the revolt he led. Naples-born Porsile had been living in the emperor’s city since 1713. Seven years later, he was at last given the engagement at court he had desired for so long. The years that followed proved to be his most successful as a theatre composer, yielding over twenty stage works and thirteen oratorios. The cast for the premiere of Spartaco included the singer Faustina Bordoni who, that same year, left for London where she advanced to the status of a celebrated prima donna in works by George Frideric Handel. Giuseppe Porsile composed in the Neapolitan style, which was later to influence Viennese compositional style. Spartaco tells the story of the most famous slave rebellion of the ancient world, albeit from a Baroque perspective: Consequently, the plot does not centre on the struggle of downtrodden slaves against a tyrannical ruling class (as in Stanley Kubrick’s well-known film version of this historical event with Kirk Douglas and Peter Ustinov), but more on the brutal revolt of a power-mad man who ultimately turns out to be the biggest tyrant of them all.

Dramma Per Musica In Three Acts

Libretto By Giovanni Claudio Pasquini

Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles

Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up

Cast

Conductor:

Martin Wåhlberg

Spartaco:

Luigi Morassi

Vetturia:

Sophie Junker

Licinio:

Vojtěch Pelka

Gianisbe:

Josè Maria Lo Monaco

Popilio:

Anthea Pichanick

Rodope:

Natalie Pérez

Trasone:

Håvard Stensvold

 

Orkester Nord

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Theater an der Wien

About the Theater an der Wien
 

The New Opera House is not just any theatre, but the one that Emanuel Schikaneder, the all-round genius, actor, impresario with a flair for organization but above all librettist of The Magic Flute, had built in 1801 in Vienna in keeping with the spirit of Mozart.

To coincide with the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth the Theater an der Wien presents itself as a new opera house from January 2006. As a “season” opera house with productions all the year round the Theater an der Wien carves a new and independent niche in the realm of high-quality culture in Vienna. For twelve months of the year, with one premiere every month, opera will be performed under the “stagione”, or season, system: that means the cast remains unchanged from the first performance to the last one, which guarantees that the very highest international standards are maintained.

The theatre’s modern, accessible approach to music theatre as demonstrated by the works performed, the overall artistic concept Bespielung and the artistes is further underlined by the building itself, its architecture and the vibrancy of its location. The surroundings and materials, the intimate atmosphere and perfect acoustics in the historical theatre prepare the senses to experience beauty. The Theater an der Wien deliberately enters into a symbiotic relationship with its lively surroundings on the Naschmarkt street market and the young cultural scene centred in the Schleifmühl quarter.
 

How to get there


With public transport:
 

We can be reached by public transport: 

U1, U2 und U4 Station Karlsplatz, Exit Secession
Bus 59A Station Bärenmühldurchgang
Bus 57A Station Laimgrubengasse, pedestrians via Laimgrubengasse to Linke Wienzeile

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Fleischmarkt 24, 1010 Wien


We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U4: Station Schwedenplatz
Tram Linie D (bei Ablenukung über Kai), 1, 2: Station Schwedenplatz
Bus 3A (on workdays)

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