The Vienna State Opera is not exactly a go-to place for cutting-edge contemporary art: Inaugurated a century and a half ago, it is housed in an ornate edifice with gilded and velvet interiors.

Vienna, a timeless European capital city, blends royal grandeur with modern vibrancy. From the opulent Hofburg palace halls to the cozy coffeehouses humming with conversation, Vienna captivates. I ...

The State Opera won’t replace Jordan when he leaves next year. Instead, Roscic said, he will regularly engage a small group of conductors, like Welser-Möst, Christian Thieleman and Pablo Heras ...

Vienna, Austria is one of my favorite cities to visit in Europe. The City of Music isn’t just about historic buildings and classical music (though the Vienna State Opera and Belvedere Palace are ...

Walk along this route, flanked by trees and parks in many sections, and you’ll pass the Vienna State Opera, Museum of Art History, Museum of Natural History, Parliament, Burgtheater, and City Hall.

The triumph and misery of art have therefore been part of the opera genre ever since the beginning, inscribed as: »Try again. Fail again. Fail better.« (Beckett) ...

I couldn’t help but wondering whether the scheduling last week of two recent productions at the Vienna State Opera, Claus Guth’s TURANDOT and Cyril Teste’s SALOME, on subsequent nights had ...

Vienna State Opera Conducted by Karl Böhm, Wilhelm Furtwängler Beethoven's Fidelio Andante 2005 Background. Harold Schonberg's book Lives of the Great Composers is divided into chapters based on the ...