What’s more, you can take a tour to catch a glimpse of what goes on backstage at the magnificent opera house.ĭiscover Vienna’s State Opera: on a 3D virtual tour or with the VR experience Vienna State Opera VR – Beyond the Scenes, which offers unprecedented insights into the opera house in 360 degrees. Selected opera and ballet performances are streamed live during the respective primetime by means of the latest technology. In April, May, June, September and December, more than 80 opera and ballet performances will be screened live on Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz in front of the opera building on a 50 m² screen – it’s classical enjoyment for free! Livestreaming from the Vienna State Opera The Volksoper presents classic operas in German, musicals and lively operettas.
Meanwhile at the Vienna Chamber Opera, the focus is on rarities. New premieres each month - from baroque to contemporary - are a hit among opera-goers. The Theater an der Wien has established a name for itself as „the other“ venue for opera. There are performances almost 300 nights a year and a different billing virtually every day. The opera house to end all opera houses, this mammoth wedding-cake-style building in the centre of Vienna attracts thousands of visitors through its doors each year. The opera company operates a repertoire system: more than 50 productions are staged every year, and there is a performance nearly every day for ten months of the year.The Vienna State Opera is prized for its exceptional acoustics. As of 2008, the annual operating budget of the State Opera was 100 million Euros with slightly more than 50 % coming in the form of a state subsidy.
As such, the State Opera employs over 1,000 people. It is quite common to find a different opera being produced each day of a week. The Vienna State Opera is one of the busiest opera houses in the world producing 50 to 60 operas per year in approximately 200 performances. Concerts are held 300 days of the year The programme of concerts changes daily Every year around 50 operas and 15 ballets are performed here In 1998, when. The Vienna State Opera is closely linked to the Vienna Philharmonic, which is an incorporated society of its own, but whose members are recruited from the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. Eventually the decision was made to rebuild the opera house as it had been. Lengthy discussions took place about whether the opera house should be restored to its original state on its original site, or whether it should be completely demolished and rebuilt, either on the same location or on a different site. The State Opera was temporarily housed at the Theater an der Wien and at the Vienna Volksoper. The auditorium and stage were, however, destroyed by flames as well as almost the entire décor and props for more than 120 operas with around 150,000 costumes. The front section, which had been walled off as a precaution, remained intact including the foyer, with frescoes by Moritz von Schwind, the main stairways, the vestibule and the tea room. Towards the end of World War II, on March 12, 1945, the opera was set alight by an American bombardment, which was intended for the Raffinerie in Floridsdorf. The opening premiere was “Don Giovanni” by Mozart, on May 25, 1869. Van der Nüll committed suicide, and barely ten weeks later Sicardsburg suffered a fatal heart attack so neither architect saw the completion of the building. Here you can enjoy variety on the highest level: about 50 operas and 20 ballets are performed on 300 days every year performances change every day. Moreover because the level of Ringstraße was raised by a metre in front of the opera house after its construction had begun, the latter was likened to "a sunken box" and, in analogy to the military disaster of 1866 (the Battle of Königgrätz), was deprecatingly referred to as “the Königgrätz of architecture”. On the one hand, it did not seem as grand as the Heinrichshof, a private residence which was destroyed in World War II (and replaced in 1955 by the Opernringhof).
The building was, however, not very popular with the public. This was the first opera built in Vienna. It was built in the Neo-Renaissance style. Work commenced on the building in 1861 and was completed in 1869, following plans drawn up by architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, who lived together in the 6th district. The building was the first major building on the Wiener Ringstraße commissioned by the controversial Viennese “city expansion fund”.
The members of the Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from its orchestra. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera (Wiener Hofoper) in 1920, it was renamed the Vienna State Opera. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. The Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century.
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