Emotion, passion & vulnerability

Elīna Garanča discusses the challenges of her role in Cavalleria rusticana and the art of the verismo style.

THE 67TH VIENNA OPERA BALL

The artistic opening, which, in keeping with the anniversary, focuses on Johann Strauss, features a prominent cast.

Start of rehearsals for Bellini's »Norma«

Back on the stage of the Vienna State Opera after 45 years

Kaufmann sings Canio

On January 12, Jonas Kaufmann makes his Staatsoper role debut as Canio in »Pagliacci«.

For the future

The Vienna State Opera receives the Austrian Ecolabel

The Vienna State Opera mourns the death of Otto Schenk

Honorary member of the vienna state opera passes away at the age of 94

Three Masterpieces of Modern Ballet

Three choreographers, one evening: "Shifting Symmetries" celebrates the ballet art of the 20th century with works by van Manen, Forsythe and…

Premiere of »Die Zauberflöte«: Bertrand de Billy conducts

The honorary member of the State Opera takes over the musical direction from Franz Welser-Möst

A Voice Like Mousse au Chocolat

Advice to Puccini from house debutant Selene Zanetti

When three artists serve the message

An extraordinary evening with Georg Nigl, Nicholas Ofczarek and Vladimir Jurowski.

»Ariadne auf Naxos«: Lise Davidsen instead of Anna Netrebko in the title role

Anna Netrebko's role debut has to be postponed to a later date

»Die Fledermaus«: Offenbach and the unmistakable Strauss style

How much Offenbach is there in Strauss' »Fledermaus«? An exciting look at influences and the unmistakable Viennese style