Repertory of the Vienna Court Opera under Gustav Mahler
Opera title Composer Total performances 1897-1907 Notes
Africaine , L ' Meyerbeer , Giacomo 19
Aida Verdi , Giuseppe 84 New production from 11 May 1903
Am Wörther See Koschat , Thomas 6
Ballo in Maschera , Un Verdi , Giuseppe 29 Revised production from 5 March 1898 Second revision from 19 May 1906
Barbiere di Siviglia Rossini , Giaochino 16 Revised production from 25 December 1906
Bartered Bride , The Smetana , Bedřich 57 Revised production from 20 September 1899 , designed Anton Brioschi
Carmen Bizet , Georges 85 Revised production from 26 May 1900 , designed Brioschi
Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni , Pietro 131
Cosi fan tutti Mozart , Wolfgang Amadeus 8 New production from 4 October 1900 , designed Brioschi . Second new production from 24 November 1905 , designed Alfred Roller
Dame blanche , La Boieldieu , François-Adrien 24 Revised production from 4 October 1898
Don Giovanni Mozart , Wolfgang Amadeus 25 New production from 21 December 1905 , designed Roller
Dragons de Villars , Les Maillart , Louis-Aimé 13 Revised production from 21 April 1899
Entführung aus dem Serail , Die Mozart , Wolfgang Amadeus 18 New production from 29 January 1906 , designed Roller
Ernani Verdi , Giuseppe 6 New production from 2 October 1902
Euryanthe Weber , Carl Maria von 10 New production from 19 January 1903 , designed Roller . Revised production from 19 January 1904
Evangelimann , Der Kienzl , Wilhelm 34
Faust Gounod , Charles 90
Fidelio Beethoven , Ludwig van 45 New production from 4 February 1904 , designed Roller
Fille du régiment , La Donizetti , Gaetano 4 Revised production from 6 September 1899
Fledermaus , Die Strauss , Johann 91
Operas performed , 1897–1907 -- Performances of existing repertory works
The following operas were in the Hofoper repertory when Mahler assumed the directorship in 1897 . Each had one or more revivals during the period of Mahler 's tenure . Most of these older productions were significantly revised under Mahler ; in some instances , entirely new productions of the works were mounted . The list does not included ballets or other entertainments .
The Repertory of the Vienna Court Opera under Gustav Mahler is an account of the ten years during which Gustav Mahler held the office of director and when he directed the productions of more than 100 different operas, of which 33 had not previously been staged at the Hofoper and three were world premieres. Another 55 were presented in either entirely new or substantially revised productions. In all, almost 3,000 performances took place at the Hofoper during Mahler's tenure, of which Mahler conducted more than 600. Mahler, well known as a symphonic composer, joined the Vienna Court Opera (the Hofoper) in May 1897 as a staff conductor and director-designate, pending confirmation of his appointment as director. After his confirmation in October 1897, he remained in the post until his resignation in November 1907. Conducting duties were shared among staff conductors whose numbers included at various times Gustav Brecher, Johan Nepomuk Fuchs, Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr., Karl Luze, Hans Richter, Franz Schalk, Francesco Spetrino, Bruno Walter and Alexander Zemlinsky. At the start of Mahler's tenure, stage designs were under the control of Anton Brioschi, the Hopfoper's official designer since 1886, and his assistant Heinrich Lefler. However, from 1903, new designs were increasingly the work of Alfred Roller, a member of the Secessionist group of artists into which circle Mahler had been introduced by his wife Alma. Roller was appointed to the Hofoper from June 1903; his innovative and experimental stage designs have been called more remarkable than [Mahler's] additions to the repertoire.