The Volksoper is Viennas main stage for operetta, opera, musicals and ballet, offering sophisticated musical entertainment. Colourful, eclectic and full of vitality, it is the only theatre dedicated to the genre of operetta.

Operetta belongs to Vienna and Vienna installed it at the home of operetta, Volksopera Vienna, which thereupon became the leading operetta house in the world. First class singers, actors and dancers together with a versatile orchestra cunjure up a musical firework display every evening.

Johann Strauss, Franz Lehr, Emmerich Klmn wrote their world famous beloved melodies for operettas such as The Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and Countess Mariza. A visit to at least one of these operettas at the Volksopera Vienna is a must for every visitor to Vienna!

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The water nymph Rusalka becomes human because she has fallen in love with the prince. But the stakes are high: she has been struck dumb, and she must win the unconditional devotion of her beloved.

The prince returns her love, but her cool manner alienates him. Soon he turns to another woman. The consequences are devastating - Antonín Dvorák’s opera presents a world in which nature and artificiality, dream and reality, and love and passion are irreconcilably opposed.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The Volksoper is Viennas main stage for operetta, opera, musicals and ballet, offering sophisticated musical entertainment. Colourful, eclectic and full of vitality, it is the only theatre dedicated to the genre of operetta.

Operetta belongs to Vienna and Vienna installed it at the home of operetta, Volksopera Vienna, which thereupon became the leading operetta house in the world. First class singers, actors and dancers together with a versatile orchestra cunjure up a musical firework display every evening.

Johann Strauss, Franz Lehr, Emmerich Klmn wrote their world famous beloved melodies for operettas such as The Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and Countess Mariza. A visit to at least one of these operettas at the Volksopera Vienna is a must for every visitor to Vienna!

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The Volksoper is Viennas main stage for operetta, opera, musicals and ballet, offering sophisticated musical entertainment. Colourful, eclectic and full of vitality, it is the only theatre dedicated to the genre of operetta.

Operetta belongs to Vienna and Vienna installed it at the home of operetta, Volksopera Vienna, which thereupon became the leading operetta house in the world. First class singers, actors and dancers together with a versatile orchestra cunjure up a musical firework display every evening.

Johann Strauss, Franz Lehr, Emmerich Klmn wrote their world famous beloved melodies for operettas such as The Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and Countess Mariza. A visit to at least one of these operettas at the Volksopera Vienna is a must for every visitor to Vienna!

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The brothers Johannes and Mathias love the same woman, Martha. She rejects Johannes who, out of jealousy of the successful Mathias, sets a barn on fire and directs suspicion towards his brother.

After Mathias has endured a lengthy period of imprisonment, he wanders through the streets of Vienna, preaching from the Bible in return for alms.

Finally, he comes to Johannes’ deathbed. Josef Ernst Köpplinger has achieved a "living, psychologically finely drawn staging", enthused the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung after the premiere in 2006.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

King Kandaules is proud of the beauty of his wife Nyssia and presents her to his people at a feast.

The fisherman Gyges falls in love with the queen at first sight, and, disguised as Kandaules, spends a night with her.

The queen, consumed with passion, insists that Gyges kills Kandaules and becomes king himself.

The acclaimed production by Hans Neuenfels returns to the Volksoper stage after a gap of six years.

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Maurice Béjart’s dance spectacle satirises the often cruel (for the participants) procedures at ballet competitions.

At the competition in this ballet, there is even a murder. While the competition continues normally, investigations are commenced in the rhythm of a crime thriller through a series of flashbacks.

Six people who at one time or another wished Ada dead are under suspicion.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Turandot gives each suitor who tries to win her hand three riddles to solve.

So far, none have been able to solve them, and have paid with their lives. But Prince Calaf passes the tests and ultimately wins Turandots heart.

80 years after the debut performance the opera was put on stage imaginative and magnificently colourful by Renaud Doucet and André Barbe for the first time at the Volksoper.

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The subject matter of this ballet is rooted in both Austrian and French history.

It tells the story of the tragic life of Marie Antoinette, the youngest daughter of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresia, who married Louis XVI, and became Queen of France, and lost her life on the scaffold during the French Revolution.

The music is taken mainly from composers of the time of Marie Antoinette.

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Even before the Vienna first night of Richard Wagner's "Tannhuser" opened in 1857, the world premiere of Johann Nestroy's opera persiflage "Tannhuser" at the Carltheater met with spectacular success.

Robert Meyer, ingeniously supported by the Neuen Wiener Concert Schrammeln, turns the work into a dizzying one-man show.

All nine of the major roles, and almost all of the minor roles, are played by Meyer himself, who changes facial expression, pitch of voice and manner of speaking, and gestures in the blink of an eye.

"A delight for Wagnerians, but also for admirers of Nestroy and of Meyer." (Kurier)

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

For many, Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" is one of the most significant musicals of all time, and indeed it had a loyal audience from 1949 to 1954 (with 1,925 performances on Broadway!).

For the premiere in 1949, Ezio Pinza played the principal male role; for the concertante premiere at the Vienna Volksoper, today's leading Italian bass, Ferruccio Furlanetto, will for the first time sing what he considers to be his "dream role".

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Gioacchino Rossini transformed the material of the Grimm fairytale of Cinderella into a feather-light bel canto parable about the victory of virtue over pride.

In 1997, director Achim Freyer and designer Maria-Elena Amos produced this charming opera buffa at the Volksoper, turning it into a "magically musical fairytale book" in the words of the enthusiastic review in the daily newspaper Die Presse.

After six years, this production is now returning to the Volksoper stage.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Recognising the talent of dancers, and providing them with the appropriate encouragement, is a major task of any ballet company.

This evening gives these exceptionally gifted young people the opportunity to try out roles in which they have not yet been able to appear in the current repertoire.

The works may be classical or contemporary, or pieces specially created for this occasion.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

"The quintessential Broadway Musical" Frank Loesser's most significant work, celebrates its premiere at the Volksoper: Two "impossible" love stories are set in the world of New York's small gangsters: Will Sky Masterson, betting virtuoso, manage to win over the respectable Sarah from the Salvation Army? And will the dice-impresario Nathan wed his long-term fiance, the nightclub singer Adelaide?

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

For the stage adaptation of the 1865 comic strip of Wilhelm Busch, Edmund Gleede chose compositions (ballet music and overtures) by Gioacchino Rossini, a contemporary of the author.

Wildly successful upon its world-premiere in Munich in 1984, "Max und Moritz" has since been produced on more than a dozen stages, with over 1000 individual performances.

This work is now being presented in Vienna with a new choreography by Ferenc Barbay and Michael Kropf, two of those involved in its original world premiere.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The figure of the dubious misfit Sir John Falstaff has become a modern myth - fat, lascivious, arrogant, yet also full of humour and passion.

With his brilliant, bold tricks he causes confusion in the lives of some of the staider members of the establishment.

Suddenly, the all-too-secure world of the Fluth and Reich families is stirred by a desire for adventure, intrigue and passion.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The Volksoper is Viennas main stage for operetta, opera, musicals and ballet, offering sophisticated musical entertainment. Colourful, eclectic and full of vitality, it is the only theatre dedicated to the genre of operetta.

Operetta belongs to Vienna and Vienna installed it at the home of operetta, Volksopera Vienna, which thereupon became the leading operetta house in the world. First class singers, actors and dancers together with a versatile orchestra cunjure up a musical firework display every evening.

Johann Strauss, Franz Lehr, Emmerich Klmn wrote their world famous beloved melodies for operettas such as The Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and Countess Mariza. A visit to at least one of these operettas at the Volksopera Vienna is a must for every visitor to Vienna!

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Since the Little Devil's heart has been possessed by the ugly time-eater, he has had to draw his energy from the stolen voices of children. But Antonia does not want to sing for him! And when his great aunt, the "Urstrumpftante", returns to knit the all-knowing Great Sock, the Little Devil's life is thrown seriously into disarray ....

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Dolly Gallagher Levi from Yonkers is half way between the "Merry Widow" and a "Barber"-type factotum.

As a marriage broker, she has made herself indispens-able, finding the right partner for everyone. And in the end, for herself too. It is useless for the wealthy Horace Vandergelder to resist - Dolly gets her man. 46 years after its first performance, Jerry Herman’s musical has lost none of its charm.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The Volksoper is celebrating 410 years of operetta history - the 140th birthdays of both Oscar Straus and Franz Lehár, and the 130th birthday of Robert Stolz.

All three personalities left their own mark on the "silver operetta" era, and indeed went beyond the operetta form: Straus as a film composer, Lehár as the creator of important works in true operatic style, and Robert Stolz as perhaps the last master of the German "Lied".

On this occasion, the Volksoper presents immortal classics from rarely produced works of the three titans of light music.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

This ticket gives you entry to two of the below museums.

Mozarthaus Vienna

Haus Der Musik

Kunst Haus Wien

Judisches Museum

Mozarthaus

Domgasse 5 is the only one of Mozarts apartments in Vienna that still exists today.

The composer lived in Mozarthaus Vienna from 1784 to 1787 in grand style, with four large rooms, two small ones and a kitchen. The life and works of this musical genius are presented in and around this apartment on four exhibition levels.

In addition to the historical Mozart apartment visitors can find out about the times in which Mozart lived and his most important works. The exhibition focuses on his years in Vienna, which marked a high point in his creativity.

The tour starts on the 3rd floor of the building with details of Mozarts time in Vienna: where he lived and performed, who his friends and supporters were, his relationship to the Freemasons, his passion for games and much more.

The presentation on the 2nd floor deals with Mozarts operatic works, and the apartment on the 1st floor focuses on the two and a half years that Mozart and his family lived there.

A shop, a caf, a concert hall and the Learning Center in the basement of Mozarthaus Vienna complete the offer.

Cafe Figaro is right at the entrance to Mozarthaus Vienna - an ideal place to take refreshment before your visit or to mull over your impressions afterwards.

Enjoy our fine selection of coffee, fruit juices and excellent wines. Specialities like the Mozart punch, which is made from a historical recipe, are meant to arouse the visitors curiosity.

Robert Letz, the tenant of Caf Figaro, is always adding new small dishes to the menu inspired by Mozarts favourite food or typical Viennese snacks.
In early May Caf Figaro opened a pavement caf in Blutgasse, from where you can enjoy the view of Mozarthaus and take beautiful pictures.

Audioguide for children This is available in German, English, Italian, French, Polish, Russian, Hungarian and Czech. They can also use the adult audio guide, available in 11 languages (Spanish, Japanese and Slovak in addition to those mentioned above).

Haus Der Musik

HAUS DER MUSIK is an interactive discovery museum located in the heart of Vienna's first district nestled between St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera.

A host of interactive installations playfully communicate openness to new things, understanding and enthusiasm in approaching music.

HAUS DER MUSIK was awarded the Austrian Museum Prize for its innovative design and is located in the former Palais of Archduke Charles.

You will find all 67 of its new inventions here. A total of 5,000 square meters has been set aside exclusively for areas dedicated to a wide array of approaches to music, and most of all, to the experience of music.

Kunst Haus Wien

The Museum Hundertwasser presents a unique cross-section of the oeuvre of the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (19282000), including key paintings as well as graphic works, applied art, architectural designs and examples of the artists ecological commitment.

The Museum Hundertwasser is part of KUNST HAUS WIEN, which was established in 1991 on the basis of the Hundertwassers philosophy and artistic principles. The architectural remodelling of the former Thonet furniture factory was effected in accordance with Hundertwassers own designs.

Judisches Museum

Here you will find information about the Jewish Museum Vienna in Palais Eskeles and Museum Judenplatz, current exhibitions, collections, educational programmes, events, archives, library and much more.

The Jewish Museum Vienna is a place of encounter, communication and discussion. Its exhibitions and its modern presentation of Viennese Jewish history and the Jewish religion make it an important and unique historical and cultural landmark among Viennas museums.

Times:

Mozarthau daily 10am to 7pm

Haus Der Musik daily from 10am to 10pm - the shop on the 4th floor is open daily from 11am to 8pm

Kunst Haus Wien daily 10 am to 7 pm. Cafe Restaurant: Daily, 10 am to 8 pm.

Jewish Museum - Palais Eskeles - Sunday to Friday 10 am to 6 pm.

Please exchange voucher at the box office.

This ticket gives you entry to Mozarthaus & Haus Der Musik.

Mozarthaus

Domgasse 5 is the only one of Mozarts apartments in Vienna that still exists today.

The composer lived in Mozarthaus Vienna from 1784 to 1787 in grand style, with four large rooms, two small ones and a kitchen.

The life and works of this musical genius are presented in and around this apartment on four exhibition levels.

In addition to the historical Mozart apartment visitors can find out about the times in which Mozart lived and his most important works.

The exhibition focuses on his years in Vienna, which marked a high point in his creativity.

The tour starts on the 3rd floor of the building with details of Mozarts time in Vienna: where he lived and performed, who his friends and supporters were, his relationship to the Freemasons, his passion for games and much more.

The presentation on the 2nd floor deals with Mozarts operatic works, and the apartment on the 1st floor focuses on the two and a half years that Mozart and his family lived there.

A shop, a cafe, a concert hall and the Learning Center in the basement of Mozarthaus Vienna complete the offer.

Haus Der Musik

HAUS DER MUSIK is an interactive discovery museum located in the heart of Vienna's first district nestled between St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera.

A host of interactive installations playfully communicate openness to new things, understanding and enthusiasm in approaching music.

HAUS DER MUSIK was awarded the Austrian Museum Prize for its innovative design and is located in the former Palais of Archduke Charles.

You will find all 67 of its new inventions here. A total of 5,000 square meters has been set aside exclusively for areas dedicated to a wide array of approaches to music, and most of all, to the experience of music.

Times

Mozarthaus daily from 10am to 7pm

Haus Der Musik daily from 10am to 10pm - the shop on the 4th floor is open daily from 11am to 8pm

Please exchange voucher at the box office.

Domgasse 5 is the only one of Mozarts apartments in Vienna that still exists today.

The composer lived in Mozarthaus Vienna from 1784 to 1787 in grand style, with four large rooms, two small ones and a kitchen. The life and works of this musical genius are presented in and around this apartment on four exhibition levels.

In addition to the historical Mozart apartment visitors can find out about the times in which Mozart lived and his most important works. The exhibition focuses on his years in Vienna, which marked a high point in his creativity.

The tour starts on the 3rd floor of the building with details of Mozarts time in Vienna: where he lived and performed, who his friends and supporters were, his relationship to the Freemasons, his passion for games and much more.

The presentation on the 2nd floor deals with Mozarts operatic works, and the apartment on the 1st floor focuses on the two and a half years that Mozart and his family lived there.

A shop, a caf, a concert hall and the Learning Center in the basement of Mozarthaus Vienna complete the offer.

A-1010 Vienna, Domgasse 5
Open daily from 10 am to 7 pm

Caf Figaro is right at the entrance to Mozarthaus Vienna - an ideal place to take refreshment before your visit or to mull over your impressions afterwards.

Enjoy our fine selection of coffee, fruit juices and excellent wines. Specialities like the Mozart punch, which is made from a historical recipe, are meant to arouse the visitors curiosity.

Robert Letz, the tenant of Caf Figaro, is always adding new small dishes to the menu inspired by Mozarts favourite food or typical Viennese snacks.
In early May Caf Figaro opened a pavement caf in Blutgasse, from where you can enjoy the view of Mozarthaus and take beautiful pictures.

Audioguide for children This is available in German, English, Italian, French, Polish, Russian, Hungarian and Czech. They can also use the adult audio guide, available in 11 languages (Spanish, Japanese and Slovak in addition to those mentioned above).

Times: Daily at 10am

Please exchange voucher at the box office.

With their 1956 broadway musical "My Fair Lady" Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's melodies "The Rain in Spain" or "I could have danced all night" went round the world.

The story tells of phonetician Henry Higgins who turns penniless flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a society lady. The professor stubbornly resists falling in love with his "creation" .

Please exchange voucher at the box office 30 minutes prior to performance.

Enjoy the Schonbrunn magic with one of our three exclusive packages! Just make your selection among the following: Dinner and Concert, Palace Tour and Concert or all three. One thing is for certain: you will have a memorable evening in Schonbrunn.

Palace Tour

Empress Maria Theresa made Schloss Schonbrunn into her magnificent summer residence. All her successors resided at the palace during summer and ruled the empire from there. Especially Emperor Franz Joseph liked to spend his time at the Palace Schonbrunn.

Take a tour of the glamorous and private rooms of the emperors accompanied by an audio guide. For groups of 10 people or more a separate guide will be available to show you the apartments of Maria Theresa exclusively and outside the regular opening times of the palace.

Dinner

At the Ehrenhof ('Court of Honor'), right beside the entrance of Schloss Schonbrunn, in the rooms of the former imperial kitchen lies the Caf-Restaurant Residenz. Here, you will enjoy a three-course dinner by candlelight. In summer, dinner is served on the cozy outside dining area.

Concert

In walking distance from the main entrance to Schloss Schoenbrunn and the Caf-Restaurant Residenz lies the Orangery Schonbrunn. Since imperial times, this was a place for courtly festivities and banquets. During one of these events Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri held a unique music contest. In this historic ambience the Schonbrunn Palace Orchestra performs the most beautiful works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss.

From the beginning of April to the end of October, at Christmas and at New Year's Eve, the concert will be performed by the Schonbrunn Palace Orchestra in grand cast. In late autumn and in winter the concert will be performed by the Schonbrunn Chamber Ensemble.

Package 1 Dinner and Concert

This package offers a unique combination of two delightful destinations: gourmet cuisine and world-famous music. Enjoy a first-class dinner at Caf-Restaurant Residenz, followed by a concert at Schonbrunn Palace Orangery including the most beautiful works written by Mozart and Strauss, accompanied by vocalists and ballet dancers. A delightful evening for your palate, eyes and ears alike!

The evening

6:15 p.m. at the latest

Individual guests are requested to pick up their concert tickets and their dinner voucher at our office located at the Orangery.

We are open daily from 9:00 a.m. Groups will receive all documents from one of our staff members at the restaurant.

6:30 p.m.
Dinner at Caf-Restaurant Residenz

Starting at 8:00 p.m.
Admittance into Schonbrunn Palace Orangery

8:30 p.m: Concert starts
Approx. 10:15 p.m: Concert ends

After the concert, taxis will be available right outside Schonbrunn Palace Orangery. The subway runs until midnight in five to eight-minute intervals.

Dates
This package is available year-round except on December 24 and 31 and January 1.

Package 2 - Palace Visit and Concert

Have an evening of royal pleasures just like the royalty in times long past: start by walking through the sumptuous palace and enjoy a grand finale at the Schonbrunn Palace Orangery, embarking on a musical journey with the Schonbrunn Palace Orchestra. Since individual guests will be taking the tour accompanied by an audioguide, they are free to choose the time of the visit as long as they take it within the palace's official opening hours. Groups of more than 10 will enjoy an exclusive guided tour given by one of the palace's guides in the evening, after the palace has closed for the public and quieted down. Schonbrunn Palace with an extra special touch! Following your tour of the palace's ceremonial rooms, the Schonbrunn Palace Orchestra will take you on a journey to the world of Mozart and Strauss, accompanied by singing and dance - performed exclusively for you at Schonbrunn Palace Orangery.

Individual guests are requested to pick up their concert tickets, their audioguide voucher and their dinner voucher at our office located at the Orangery.

We are open daily from 9:00 a.m. Groups will receive their documents at 5:20 p.m. right at the main entrance to the palace/ticketing counter from one of our staff members.

Start of Palace visit:
During the winter, we recommend that individual guests start the audioguide palace tour at 4:00 p.m. at the latest. During the summer, please start your tour before 5:00 p.m. The palace tours for groups start at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. respectively.

You also have the option of taking the palace tour at any time during the official opening hours of Schonbrunn Palace.

Schoenbrunn Palace Opening Hours

The evening

4:00 p.m./5:00 p.m. at the latest:
Audioguide palace tour for individual guests*

7:00 p.m:
Exclusive guided palace tour for groups

Starting at 8:00 p.m:
Admission into Schonbrunn Palace Orangery

8:30 p.m: Concert Starts
Approx. 10:15 p.m: Concert Ends

*Please note the palace's opening hours! After the concert, taxis will be available right outside Schonbrunn Palace Orangery. The subway runs until midnight in five to eight-minute intervals.

Dates
This package is available year-round except on December 24 and 31 and January 1.

Package 3 - Palace Tour, Dinner and Concert

This package offers royal delight times three! We have assembled the best Schonbrunn has to offer: a tour of Schonbrunn Palace, an exclusive dinner at Caf-Restaurant Residenz as well as the grand finale a concert of classical music with works by Mozart and Strauss at the Orangery. Since individual guests will be taking the tour accompanied by an audioguide, they are free to choose the starting time of the visit. Groups of 10 and up will enjoy an exclusive guided tour given by one of the palace's guides in the evening, after the palace has closed for the public and quieted down. Embark on an unsurpassed miniature journey in Schonbrunn.

Individual guests are requested to pick up their concert tickets, their audioguide voucher and their dinner voucher at our office located at the Orangery. We are open daily from 9:00 a.m. Groups will receive their documents at 5:20 p.m. right at the main entrance to the palace/ticketing counter from one of our staff members.

Start of Palace visit:
During the winter, we recommend that individual guests start the audioguide palace tour at 4:00 p.m. at the latest. During the summer, please start your tour before 5:00 p.m. The palace tours for groups start at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. respectively.

You also have the option of taking the palace tour at any time during the official opening hours of Schonbrunn Palace.

Schonbrunn Palace Opening hours

Program

4:00 p.m./5:00 p.m. at the latest:
Audioguide palace tour for individual guests*

5:30 p.m:
Exclusive guided palace tour for groups

6:30 p.m:
Dinner at Caf-Restaurant Residenz

Starting at 8:00 p.m:
Admission into Schoenbrunn Palace Orangery

8:30 p.m: Concert starts
Approx. 10:15 p.m: Concert ends

*Please note the palace's opening hours!

After the concert, taxis will be available right outside Schoenbrunn Palace Orangery. The subway runs until midnight in five to eight-minute intervals.

Dates
This package is available year-round except on December 24 and 31 and January 1.


Times: Apr - Dec Various Days

Package 1; Dinner and Concert - 6.15pm

Package 2; Palace Tour and Concert - 4pm

Package 3; Palace Tour, Dinner and Concert - 4pm

Please exchange voucher at the Box Office.

Experience 23 of German songwriter Udo Jrgens best songs in a rousing musical. Enjoy hits such as "Aber bitte mit Sahne", "Mit 66 Jahren" and, of course, "Ich war noch niemals in New York". Board a luxury liner and experience a story packed with dreams, longing and wanderlust.

The charming, witty musical ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK ("I've never been to New York") is all about the highs and lows of life and love. The central figure is TV reporter Lisa Wartberg, who has neglected her mother Maria to concentrate on her career. On the spur of the moment the fun-loving old lady decides to marry her true love, Otto Staudach, in New York under the Statue of Liberty and the couple secretly board a cruise liner.

While trying to stop her mother eloping Lisa Wartberg meets Axel Staudach, who is searching for his father. A turbulent story on the high seas begins with lots of laughs, self-knowledge and mix-ups... A short break for the soul if ever there was one!

Times:

• Sun @ 6pm

• Tue-Thur @ 7.30pm

• Fri & Sat @ 7.30pm

also runs on Mon 28th June @ 7.30pm

Please exchange your voucher at the box office.

Mozart's penultimate opera, and a fairy-tale work that remains popular with young and old alike. The prince Tamino, with the aid of a magic flute and the bird catcher Papageno as his guide, finds the Temple of Isis where Pamina, the woman he loves but has never met, resides.

Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night, together with Tamino, undergo tests to prove their virtue and constancy and good triumphs over evil through the power of love.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Verdi's seventeenth opera, along with the two other works of his "popular trilogy" ("Il Trovatore", "La Traviata"), enabled the composer to finally ascend to universal world fame.

Director Stephen Langridge and designer Richard Hudson have set the action in a world in which absolute power and glamour collide with the wretchedness of the excluded. Rigoletto's daughter Gilda grows up in complete isolation, and her love for the tenor hero leads to the first and final decision of her life ...

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Cast

Regie: Thomas Enzinger
Choreographie: Bohdana Szivacz
Mitwirkender: Christian Koch
Mitwirkender: Thomas Markus
Mitwirkender: Mehrzad Montazeri
Mitwirkender: Thomas Sigwald

Cannibal chiefs Evening Breeze and Biberhahn want to set aside their enmity. But at the feast for the occasion of their summit meeting, Biberhahn's son is almost eaten for dinner.

Johann Nestroy's interpretation of the Offenbach one-act performance is a satirical masterpiece in which so-called civilization is mercilessly exposed as a mere facade. Chief Evening Breeze is now being performed at the Volksoper for the first time.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

In this well known opera based on the Grimm's fairy tale, Hänsel and Gretel are sent into the woods by their mother who scolds them for playing instead of doing household chores.

They lose their way and must spend the night in the woods. Upon waking they find a house made of sweets surrounded by gingerbread children but are captured by an evil witch.

The children outwit the witch, freeing the gingerbread children before being happily reunited with their parents.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

King Gunther von Burgund is afraid of the powerful Queen Brunhild vom Isarland. Should he win the match, to which he has invited her, then the wedding is pending. However so far Brunhild has simply killed most of the suitors. Only dragon slayer Siegfried has been able to conquer her. Gunther therefore asks Siegfried for assistance. Military affectation to impress and Germanic arrogance are the focus of Oscar Straus' Nibelungen persiflage, which premiered in Vienna in 1904.

The first successful German opera had to make use of concepts such as "Turkish fashion" and comply with Joseph II's instruction to compose a "national musical comedy". Yet Mozart's genius shaped from these requirements an outstanding opus which was the first of his many Viennese opera masterpieces. He penetrates deep into the psychology of human relationships and also reveals an element of his own biography. The fact that the principal female figure bears the name of the woman whom Mozart married shortly thereafter - Constanze - is only ostensibly a coincidence.

Sung in German.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

A Hawaiian princess returns from Paris to her homeland, where she must decide between a local prince and an American marine officer, while at the same time ensuring peace between the island dwellers and the American colonial powers.

Paul Abraham's "colonial operetta" is a brilliant piece of vaudeville combining jazz rhythms with exotic sounds.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Bird seller Adam and mail carrier Christel attempt to get together amid a blithe quagmire of unbridled thieving and corruption. They almost lose their way in this drama of confusion across the class barriers, until they finally decide to escape all the merry immorality by fleeing to the idyllic Tyrol.

Carl Zeller's operetta has been one of the cornerstones of the operetta repertoire since its premiere in 1891.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Lisa, daughter from a good Vienna family, falls in love with the Chinese prince Sou-Chong. The couple want to lead their life as a couple in China, but the cultural differences are soon revealed as unsurmountable and their love fails as a consequence.

The prince is ultimately left only to conclude sadly: "Always keep smiling..." - even when your heart is at its most despondent. Franz Lehr created beguilingly beautiful music, making this work one of the most well-known and most frequently performed operettas worldwide.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

According to the beautiful and tempestuous Carmen, love is a rebellious bird, here today and gone tomorrow. Don Jos, loved by the peasant girl Micala, is bewitched by Carmen and although she temporarily encourages his advances, she soon becomes bored by him.

While attending the bull fight of the triumphant Escamillo, the half-crazed Don Jos accosts Carmen and stabs her to death. A perennial favourite, the opera "Carmen" is Bizet's undisputed masterpiece.

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Following a one-act ballet version of the "Carmen" theme created in Toulouse in 2006, and praised by critics for its "artistic, neo-classic, searing language of movement", choreographer Davide Bombana, working for the first time in Vienna, has now created his definitive, full-length version of the work for the ballet of the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper.

As his main musical source, he is using Rodion Schtschedrin's Carmen Suite, based on music from Georges Bizet's opera.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "The Best of Mozart " and accommodation at either the Ramada Hotel Salzbury City Centre or Austrotel Hotel Salzburg.

The concert arrangement "Best of Mozart" offers a unique concert series in Salzburg, which was highly popular in the Mozart year in 2006. For a total of 29 weekend dates, specially arranged programs with the most diverse of W.A. Mozart’s masterpieces will be performed in two of the most beautiful concert halls Salzburg has to offer, the Mozart auditorium in the Festival Quarter and the Great Hall at the Mozarteum.

The Salzburg Chamber Soloists have put together programs of the highest quality. These programs will enthuse Mozart lovers, who have been waiting for them for a long time. In total a series of festive concert evenings with the best melodies from the most famous divertimenti and symphonies has been created. Additionally, select soloists will be singing overtures and arias from Mozart’s most loved operas.

Dance of the Vampires

Dance of the Vampires (or Tanz der Vampire as the original German language version is named) is a musical remake of a 1967 Roman Polanski film of the same name (called The Fearless Vampire Killers in the USA). Polanski also directed the original German production of this musical. Music was composed by Jim Steinman and orchestrated by Steve Margoshes, and original German book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze.

Professor Abronsius, a rather intensely wacky vampire killer, with his ardent and Byronic assistant Alfred arrive in a village where the locals protect themselves with massive amounts of Garlic. Although the villagers deny any knowledge of vampires, Professor becomes increasingly suspicious as Alfred becomes increasing smitten by Sarah, the beautiful teenage daughter of the Innkeeper. But Alfred isn't the only one after Sarah. Visited during her bath, she is soon entranced and mesmerized by the extremely cool Count Von Krolock. The Count can give Sarah what she really craves - MORE!

Sarah has to choose between earthly love with Alfred, or eternal passion with Krolock.Torn between Alfred and the Count, Sarah runs off to Krolock's castle, pursued by Alfred and Abronsius. The Count sings to Sarah seductively - telling her about the upcoming Grand Ball where, in exchange for a small bite, she can become Queen of the Vampires and rule the world. How can any small-time girl resist? There are ecstatic love duets, close encounters, unbridled dancing & wild comedy all set to the Epic score of Jim Steinman.

The climactic vampire dance erupts as Reign of the Undead begins... and everybody somehow manages to find happiness.... Vampire-style.

Performance Info

Times: Sun @ 6.00pm Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri, Sat @ 7.30pm

Please exchange voucher at the Box-Office

Double delight

With our Concert & Dinner package, you can combine the musical delights of the concert in the Lanner Hall of the Kursalon with a delicious gala dinner in the stylish surroundings of our Restaurant Johann.

You can decide for yourself whether you wish to enjoy dinner before or after the concert in either case an unforgettable evening in the Kursalon Wien awaits you!

Concert & Dinner Packages

Our Concert & Dinner packages Kaiserwalzer and Imperiales Wien include a ticket to a Strauss & Mozart concert and a 4 course dinner in our Restaurant Johann in the Kursalon Wien.

Concert & Dinner

Beginning of the concert: daily at 8.15 pm
Dinner: as you wish, either before or after the concert (6 pm or 10 pm)

Imperiales Wien

4 course meal (excluding drinks) and attendance at a Strauss & Mozart concert.

Category VIP* The category VIP contains one reserved VIP seat, 1 glass of prosecco in the interval, a Johann Strauss CD and a programme booklet.

We reserve the right to make alterations.

The category VIP contains one reserved VIP seat, 1 glass of prosecco in the interval, a Johann Strauss CD and programme booklet.

Clients must make their way to the Vienna Kursalon, Johannesgasse, 1010 Vienna to exchange their voucher at the box office about half an hour before performance begins.

New Years Eve in typical Viennese flair with:

• Strauss & Mozart New Year's Eve Concert
• Gala dinner
• Waltz workshop
• musical firework display
• dance music & party

Celebrate New Year's Eve in the historical Kursalon Wien. Our New Year's Eve Strauss & Mozart Concert, a gala dinner, our waltz workshop and music to dance offer the ideal conditions for a totally successful New Year's Eve.

The highlight of the evening is a midnight musical firework display. Afterwards you can let this wonderful evening end by celebrating at our New Year's Eve party.

Kursalon New Years Eve

Gala dinner (4 courses): 6.00 or 8.15 pm
Concert: 8.15 or 9.30 pm (no interval)
Followed by: waltz workshop, musical fireworks, dance music & party

During the gala dinner the following drinks are included in the ticket price: sparkling wine, white wine, red wine, beer, espresso, non-alcoholic drinks

Gala dinner

* Raw marinated blue marlin with wasabi crme fraiche and cilantro-courgette-salad
* Foamy champagne soup
* Pink roast sirloin from New Zealand beef with polenta-mushroom-lasagne and onion-gravy
* Strawberry "black & white

category VIP* The VIP category includes a bottle of sparkling wine in the Kursalon Wien, a reserved VIP seat, one glass of sparkling wine before the first or after the second concert, a Johann Strauss CD and a programme booklet.

Clients must make their way to the Vienna Kursalon, Johannesgasse, 1010 Vienna to exchange their voucher at the box office about half an hour before performance begins.

In the very place where Johann Strauss himself used to direct his orchestra from the position of first violin, the absolute essence of Vienna's classical music can once again be heard daily.

The Salon rchester Alt Wien one of the best known interpreters of classical Viennese music, presents an evening full of Viennese charm with the lilting sound of waltzes, polkas, arias and duets, as well as operetta and piano conerto melodies.

Accompanied by excellent operavocalistsand our enchanting ballet soloists. Vienna's classical music reveals itself as a living firework display for all senses.

Performance Info:

Strauss & Mozart New Years Eve Concerts

31 December

Concert 1: 8.15 9.30 pm (no interval)

Followed by: waltz workshop, musical fireworks, dance music & party

Concert 2: 10.30 11.40 pm (no interval)

Followed by: musical fireworks, dance music & party

category VIP* The category VIP contains one reserved VIP seat, 1 glass of prosecco before the first or after the second concert, a Johann Strauss CD and a programme booklet.

Strauss & Mozart New Year's Concerts

1 January

Beginning of the concert : 5.00 and 8.15 pm

category VIP*The category VIP contains one reserved VIP seat, 1 glass of prosecco in the interval, a Johann Strauss CD and a programme booklet.

We reserve the right to make alterations.

Nine months have passed since the collapse of the Roman Republic and Scarpia, head of the Roman police has set up a remorseless terror regime. Even the singer Floria Tosca and her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, get into a deadly conflict with the brutal chief of police ... - An enthralling piece of musical theatre!

Giacomo Puccini pursued clear aims with his masterpiece, which celebrated its world premiere in 1900: "The sentiment in 'Tosca' is not romantic and lyrical, but passionate, excruciating, bleak. Up until now we were gentle, now we want to be brutal."

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The singer Sylva Varescu is in love with Edwin von und zu Lippert-Weylersheim, whose parents do not approve of the liaison and are planning an engagement to Countess Stasi for their son.

When Sylva hears about this, she goes to America with Edwin’s friend Boni (who is actually in love with Stasi), disguised as a married couple. Confusion results - but all ends happily.

After a two-year break, this classic returns to the Volksoper stage.

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The Volksoper Wien, located just ten minutes outside the city centre, stages operettas as well as 18th, 19th and 20th century operas (The Magic Flute, Tosca, La Bohem, etc.), classical musicals (My Fair Lady) and ballet. The season, which runs from September to July, consists of some 300 performances divided among some 35 different productions and revivals from previous years.

Vienna and operetta people from far and near will join the two whenever one comes up. Intriguing melodies, swirling dancers, the joy of life all come together in the classical Viennese Operetta. Much of the music known and loved the world over from composers such as Johann Strau, Franz Lehr, Emmerich Klmn come from operettas such as Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, Countess Mariza.

With over 100 operetta performances per year the Volksoper is the worlds leading operetta specialist. No where will you find more polished and authentic performances of this peculiarly Viennese form of musical entertainment. An evening of operetta is an essential experience for anyone who wants to get a real flavour of the Viennese character.

Everything about the productions at the Volksoper is first-rate, the singers, the choir, and the orchestra, which is of a quality found only in Vienna.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Double delight... With our Concert & Dinner package, you can combine the musical delights of the concert in the Lanner Hall of the Kursalon with a delicious gala dinner in the stylish surroundings of the Cafe Restaurant Johann.

You can decide for yourself whether you wish to enjoy dinner before or after the concert – in either case an unforgettable evening in the Kursalon Wien awaits you!

The programme

Light as a Feather - Galop, op. 319 - J. Strauss

Wine, Women & Song - Waltz, op. 333 - J. Strauss

Aria (to be announced)

Die Mozartisten - Waltz -Josef Lanner

Aria (to be announced)

Piano Concerto (set to be announced) - W. A. Mozart

Champagne Galop - op. 14, Ballet - H. C. Lumbye

Interval

Emperor Waltz - Waltz, op. 437 - J. Strauss

Papageno, Papagena! - Duet, „The Magic Flute“ - W. A. Mozart

Bahn frei! - Fast Polka, op. 45 - Eduard Strauss

Vienna Blood - Duet - J. Strauss

The blue Danube - Waltz, op.314, Ballet - J. Strauss

We reserve the right to make alterations.

Concert & Dinner Menu:

Graved salmon with dill-mustard-sauce or Porcino ravioli in herb cream sauce

Consommè with semolina dumpling or Cream soup of pumpkin with ginger foam

Breast of duck with red cabbage and thyme gnocchi or Blue marlin with lime mousseline and green beans

Dessert variations

Times

1st Feb 10 - 23rd Dec 10 - daily 6 pm or 10pm dinner and 8.15 pm concert

24th Dec @ 8pm

25th-30th Dec @ 6pm or 10pm

Running Time: Approx 4hr 15min.

Please make your way to the Vienna Kursalon, Johannesgasse, 1010 Vienna to exchange voucher at the box office about half an hour before performance begins.

Double delight... With our Concert & Dinner package, you can combine the musical delights of the concert in the Lanner Hall of the Kursalon with a delicious gala dinner in the stylish surroundings of the Cafe Restaurant Johann.

You can decide for yourself whether you wish to enjoy dinner before or after the concert – in either case an unforgettable evening in the Kursalon Wien awaits you!

The programme

Light as a Feather - Galop, op. 319 - J. Strauss

Wine, Women & Song - Waltz, op. 333 - J. Strauss

Aria (to be announced)

Die Mozartisten - Waltz -Josef Lanner

Aria (to be announced)

Piano Concerto (set to be announced) - W. A. Mozart

Champagne Galop - op. 14, Ballet - H. C. Lumbye

Interval

Emperor Waltz - Waltz, op. 437 - J. Strauss

Papageno, Papagena! - Duet, „The Magic Flute“ - W. A. Mozart

Bahn frei! - Fast Polka, op. 45 - Eduard Strauss

Vienna Blood - Duet - J. Strauss

The blue Danube - Waltz, op.314, Ballet - J. Strauss

We reserve the right to make alterations.

Concert & Dinner Menu:

Graved salmon with dill-mustard-sauce or Porcino ravioli in herb cream sauce

Breast of duck with red cabbage and thyme gnocchi or Blue marlin with lime mousseline and green beans

Dessert variations

Times

2nd Jan 10 - 23rd Dec 10 - daily time: 6 pm or 10pm dinner - 8.15 pm concert

Running Time: Approx 4hr 15min.

Please make your way to the Vienna Kursalon, Johannesgasse, 1010 Vienna to exchange voucher at the box office about half an hour before performance begins.

The bohemian Ren Graf, known as the "Count of Luxembourg", is persuaded by a rich Russian trade delegate, Basil Basilowitsch, to enter into a fake marriage in exchange for a lot of money. Basilowitsch loves the talented Angle Didier; a singer in the Apollo Theatre. Despite being a married man, Basilowitsch longs to have a countess as a lover.

Therefore he arranges for Angle to become a countess through her marriage to the Count. The marriage takes place, however, Ren Graf - contrary to the agreement he has made - does not want to release the lovely Angle.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

Lehr's enduringly popular operetta, which became a world-wide success after its 1905 premiere at Vienna's Theater an der Wien, tells the story of the young widow Hanna Glawari, left a vast fortune, who is prevailed upon to marry a Pontevedrian in order to rescue the financially beleaguered Pontevedro.

The high-living rogue Count Danilo is pressured to be the groom but, despite his love for Hanna, he refuses to declare himself, not wishing to appear to be a mere fortune-hunter. It takes muchintrigue and feminine wiles for the all to end well, and Pontevedro to be rescued from bankruptcy.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

This quintessential Viennese operetta deserves to be enjoyed throughout the year, and not just on New Year's Eve. Eisenstein evades a summons to serve a brief prison sentence by accepting Falke's invitation to Prince Orlowsky's party.

His wife's former beau Alfred is escorted to jail in his place, having been mistakenly identified as Eisenstein. At the party everyone plays an assumed part, and later must share in the quilt of deception.

A drunken prison guard, a stolen watch ... somehow everything is worked out in the end and the operetta's motto "Glcklich ist, wer vergisst, was doch nicht zu ndern ist" ("happy are they who forget what can't be changed") rings true. Sung in German with English surtitles.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

In the very place where Johann Strauss himself used to direct his orchestra from the position of first violin, the absolute essence of Vienna’s classical music can once again be heard daily.

The Salonorchester Alt Wien, one of the best-known interpreters of classical Viennese music, presents an evening full of Viennese charm with the lilting sound of waltzes, polkas, arias and duets, as well as operetta and piano concerto melodies.

Accompanied by excellent opera vocalists and our enchanting ballet soloists, Vienna’s classical music reveals itself as a living firework display for all the senses.

Performance Info

Daily @ 8.15pm until 23rd Dec.

24th Dec @ 6pm

25th Dec-30th Dec @ 8.15pm

Elegant Dress (no casual wear)

Clients must make their way to the Vienna Kursalon, Johannesgasse, 1010 Vienna to exchange their voucher at the box office about half an hour before performance begins.

The well known tragic love story between the high-class coutesan Violetta and Alfredo, son of a respected Parisian family. With Alfredo the beautiful high-class courtesan Violetta finally finds true love. After a brief spell of happiness enjoyed together Alfredo's father manages, nevertheless, to convince Violetta of the social damage this relationship causes his family.

In desperation, she leaves Alfredo and throws herself into the Parisian demimonde with disastrous effects on her health,already ravaged by consumption. Reconciliation comes too late. Sung in Italian with German surtitles.

Please exchange Voucher at the box office at the Volksoper Vienna.

The concert arrangement "Best of Mozart" offers a unique concert series in Salzburg, which was highly popular in the Mozart year in 2006. For a total of 29 weekend dates, specially arranged programs with the most diverse of W.A. Mozart’s masterpieces will be performed in two of the most beautiful concert halls Salzburg has to offer, the Mozart auditorium in the Festival Quarter and the Great Hall at the Mozarteum.

The Salzburg Chamber Soloists have put together programs of the highest quality. These programs will enthuse Mozart lovers, who have been waiting for them for a long time. In total a series of festive concert evenings with the best melodies from the most famous divertimenti and symphonies has been created. Additionally, select soloists will be singing overtures and arias from Mozart’s most loved operas.