Isolde Schmid-Reiter

Isolde Schmid-Reiter serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna, where she specializes in performance theory and media analysis within the performing arts discipline.

Her research spans Theatre Studies, Film Studies, and Media Studies with focused expertise in Performance Analysis, Music Theatre, and Opera Studies. She examines staging practices, audience reception, and interdisciplinary connections between theatrical forms and media technologies, particularly investigating how terror narratives manifest in film (e.g., Val Lewton productions) and how opera interfaces with academic discourse.

Dr. Schmid-Reiter teaches core courses including Performance and Staging Analysis across multiple semesters (2024W, 2025W, 2025S), Conversations about Music Theatre (2025W), Val Lewton - The Reality of Terror (2025S), and Opera Dialogues: Academia meets practice (2025S). Her pedagogical approach bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications in musical theatre and opera. Office hours are held Wednesdays 12-13 at Hofburg, Batthyanystiege, Room 0101, with contact via isolde.schmid-reiter@univie.ac.at or +43-1-4277-48432.