Now, Vienna’s opera scene is undergoing a period of rapid, essential evolution. Roscic, 60, took over the State Opera in 2020; at the Volksoper, Lotte de Beer, 42, started as the house’s ...

The Vienna State Opera is not exactly a go-to place for cutting-edge contemporary art: Inaugurated a century and a half ago, it is housed in an ornate edifice with gilded and velvet interiors. Yet ...