Matinee der

Ballettakademie der

Wiener Staatsoper

Once a season, the big stage belongs to the next generation of ballet dancers.

As a highlight of dance training at the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy, students at all levels show what they have been working on over the past few months.
From the repertoire, La Bayadère after Marius Petipa is once again on the program - a masterpiece of Romanticism that offers roles that are as beautiful as they are challenging. With Prisma to music by Philip Glass, Christiana Stefanou presents a world premiere, while the youth company performs Martin Schläpfer's miniature ballet Quartz - a chamber play about closeness and distance, encounters and loneliness that gets under the skin.

La Bayadère

Music by Ludwig Minkus
Choreography after Marius Petipa in an adaptation by Christiana Stefanou, Diliana Nikiforova, Robert Gabdullin, Alena Weber & Zsolt Elek
Musical arrangement Konstantinos Diminakis & Parviz Yahyavi
Costume design Maria Alati & Katrin Böge
Lighting Robert Eisenstein

Quartz

Music Rickie Lee Jones, traditional Albanian folk music & Marianne Faithfull
Choreography Martin Schläpfer
Lighting Robert Eisenstein
Violin Cristian Ruscior
Piano Konstantinos Diminakis

Prisma (world premiere)

Music Philip Glass
Choreography & Costumes Christiana Stefanou
Lighting Robert Eisenstein

Tickets for our standing room can be purchased online or at the Bundestheater box office from 10 am on the day of the performance. BundestheaterCard holders can book standing room tickets online the day before the performance.

In addition, a fixed contingent of standing room tickets is available for regular evening performances from 80 minutes before the start of the performance at our standing room box office (Operngasse entrance).

Our operas are sung in the original languages - these vary depending on the work.

At each seat, subtitles in different languages can be switched on or off via a separate subtitle screen. In addition to the original language of the opera, you can choose from up to eight languages: German, English, Italian, French, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin).

In the event of a change of performance, you can of course return or exchange your tickets.

As changes to the cast cannot be ruled out due to illnesses or other hindrances of artists, there is no entitlement to a refund of the ticket price or exchange in this case.

Tickets cannot be returned or exchanged if you are not admitted to the auditorium due to being late (even after the interval).

Cloakroom

The cloakrooms are located next the the entrances at the Operngasse. You can find additional cloakrooms on the left and right side of the balcony and the gallery and in the boxes. All cloakrooms are free of charge.

Be on Time

We kindly ask you to arrive on time for the performances. Latecomers can only be admitted during the intermission. After the intermission, re-entry will not be possible.

Food and Drink

Our gastronomy opens at the same time entry is permitted. You can enjoy some snacks and drinks before the performance starts or you can book a table for the break.