http://operetta-research-center.org/lorenzo-viotti-operetta-blood-conducting-lehars-lustige-witwe/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://operetta-research-center.org/lorenzo-viotti-operetta-blood-conducting-lehars-lustige-witwe/#comment-9067 Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:25:01 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21427#comment-9067 Oh, it is so boring. Yes, he is handsome, Mr. Viotti, but the concert program is so uninspired and commercial mainstream like the conducting is “fad”.
Ok, the Matrosen-Polka is not often heard; but it is not intended to be sung. In this interpretation it is only annoying and frustrating “Kitsch”.
There is so much more to discover and a big gap between what Mr. Viotti tells us in the interview and what we see and hear.
If his heart is so much into the Viennese music, why hasn’t he chosen a program with really rare Strauss music? And this would especially mean music by Eduard Strauss or rare operetta tunes by Millöcker and co.

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