Mozart House in Vienna
During his ten years in Vienna, the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived at a number of different addresses. His apartment at Domgasse 5 is said to be “the largest, most Read More …
Category: Austria
House of Music in Vienna
This “House of Music” (Haus der Musik) in Vienna describes itself as “an interactive sound museum which provides a new approach to music on a playful as well as scientific Read More …
Museum der Moderne
This Museum of Modern Art is up on a cliff overlooking the city of Salzburg, Austria. If you don’t feel like walking up (which I didn’t because it was pouring Read More …
Hohensalzburg Fortress
The Festungsbahn going up to the fortress overlooking Salzburg is Austria’s oldest funicular railway that is still in operation. It was built in 1892, and now takes people up from the Read More …
Theater an der Wien
This historic theater got its name from the fact that it was built on the bank of a small river called the Wien — a river that has since been Read More …
Krenek at Neue Oper Wien
All you loyal readers of my Kaiserslautern post might recall that one of the operas I saw there was Jonny spielt auf by Ernst Krenek (1900-1991). This was the opera that Read More …
Musikverein in Vienna
The Musikverein (Music Society) maintains this ornate historic concert hall in the center of Vienna. The one concert I attended here was many years ago, so I have no photos Read More …
Verdi’s Troubadour in Bregenz
Here on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) at Bregenz, Austria, is the open-air opera venue where the Bregenz Festival is held every summer. On the grandstand there are 6800 Read More …
Salzburg State Theatre
While Salzburg is full of impressive and significant places to visit, like the fortress, the cathedral quarter, the festival halls and the two Mozart houses, I must admit that my Read More …
A musical comes home
For nearly two centuries Salzburg’s big tourist draw was Mozart. The great eighteenth century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756 and lived here — when he Read More …