The Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) is one of the world’s busiest opera houses, with 350 performances per year. When I was there, in the last week of October 2016, Read More …
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The People’s Opera
The Volksoper (meaning “People’s Opera”) in Vienna puts on about three hundred performances per year — nearly every evening from September through June — of operas, operettas, musicals and ballets. Like the 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Trashy slogans in Vienna
Vienna, like Berlin, is noted for the funny slogans on its trash cans. As a public service, and to enhance your visit to Vienna, I will attempt to explain a Read More …