At the end of a performance of Tosca in which he performed as the terrifying Scarpia, the warm Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott received a fine tribute from the Wiener Staatsoper. The leading Austrian opera house and one of the most prestigious in Europe has named him Kammersänger, an honour that rewards a fine career and […]

As in the rest of Austria, the Wiener Staatsoper has closed its doors to avoid contamination. The good news is that the legendary Viennese opera house is reopening its doors to the public and will welcome its audience again from this evening, 13 December 2021. For safety reasons, it was decided to cancel the Vienna […]

Omer Meir Wellber, who was scheduled to conduct the next performances of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur at the Wiener Staatsoper (22, 25, 29 October, 2 & 5 November 2021), has cancelled his visit to Vienna due to injury. In his place, Asher Fisch will conduct David McVicar’s beautiful production with a superb cast: Ermonela Jaho, Elina […]

The renowned Wiener Staatsoper is also adjusting to the time of confinement by offering the free broadcast of a selection of recordings from its digital archive during its temporary closure in November. Among the performances on line, on Friday 6 November 2020, starting at 19:00, Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin (with Andrè Schuen and Nicole Car) in […]

Like the Opéra national de Paris, the famous Wiener Staatsoper opens dress rehearsals to young audiences. If you are under 27 years old, for the modest sum of 10 euros, you will be able to discover all the new productions such as Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with the exceptional Asmik Grigorian as Cio-Cio-San staged by Anthony […]

Unfortunatly for health reasons, conductor Mikko Franck is facing a new cancellation serie. He is forced to cancel his visit to the Wiener Staatsoper in January 2020. Dennis Russell Davies replaces to conduct Richard Strauss’s Salome and Jonathan Darlington to conduct Verdi’s Otello.   Photo : Mikko Franck © Christophe Abramowitz