If Bogdan Roščić could concentrate solely on art issues and ticket sales at the Vienna State Opera, the director’s happiness would probably be untroubled. The house is rushing from revenue record to revenue record, could break the 44 million euro mark this season – and will probably be successful in this regard next season, as the industry stars are still giving each other a hand here: Piotr Beczała will embody Parsifal for the first time, Elina Garanča in the verismo hit Adriana Lecouvreur get involved, Juan Diego Flórez in the Pearl fishermen shine, and audience favorites like Vittorio Grigolo and Pretty Yende aren’t missing either.
