Vienna Tickets

# Schönbrunn Palace Ehrenhof Open Air Gala
DOMINGO, NETREBKO & VILLAZÓN
27. June 2008 - 8:00PM

LANG LANG & The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
28. June 2008 - 8:00PM

For both outstanding event tickets will cost approx. EUR 300,- up to EUR 650,- incl. fees, champagne reception, buffet or dinner

# Theater an der Wien
7., 10., 14., 16., 18. July 2008. Koproduktion Teatro Real Madrid, Washington Opera & Los Angeles Opera:
“Luisa Fernanda“, Zarzuela von F. M. Torroba; 8:00PM

22.—24. July daily: Kooperation mit ImPulsTanz: Alain Platel & Les Ballets C. de la B.; 8:00PM
9., 12., 14., 17., 19. August. Koproduktion mit der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden:
“The Magic Flute” von W. A. Mozart; 7:00PM

Tickets will cost approx. EUR 70,- up to EUR 200,- incl. fees each

# Baroque Theatre at Schoenbrunn Palace
11. July — 24. August 2008. “Die Fledermaus“, Operette von J. Strauss;
Tue—Sat 17., 24. August.

Tickets will cost approx. EUR 70,- up to EUR 150,- incl. fees each

# Open Air Theresianum
2. July — 9. August. 2008: Operettenrevue mit Melodien von Johann Strauss bis Robert Stolz;
8:30PM Wed. until Saturday

Tickets will cost approx. EUR 70,- up to EUR 150,- incl. fees each

# 2. Piano Summer at the Spanish Riding School
31. July 7.00PM : Klavierabend Boris Berezovsky und Brigitte Engerer (Mozart, Tschaikowskij, Borodin) / 10.00PM : Late Night Jazz Concert: Elias Meiri
1. August. 7.00PM : Klavierabend Tzimon Barto / 10.00PM : Late Night Jazz Concert: Tord Gustavsen
2. August. 7.00PM : Klavierabend Gerhard Oppitz / 10.00PM : Late Night Jazz Concert: Uri Cane
3. August. 11.00AM : Klavierabend Anna Vinnitskaya (Schumann, Brahms) / 7.00PM : Klavierabend Olga Kern (Scarlatti, Chopin, Rachmaninow, Liszt)

Tickets will cost approx. EUR 70,- up to EUR 150,- incl. fees each

For bookings, see Summer Opera Bookings

Vienna Summer Opera and Concerts 2008

The German weekly magazine “Der Spiegel” celebrates “Africa! Africa!,” the new show by the Viennese poet and “Vorträumer” André Heller as a “kingdom of clowns and paradise of joie de vivre.”

One is immediately enchanted by the ambiance: tent palaces reminiscent of Moorish designs, imaginatively painted interior walls, floors covered with Berber carpets, an African café, and an African marketplace are all part of the backdrop. In this setting, André Heller presents Africa as a continent of immeasurable wealth of cultural traditions and creativity with élan, energy, and an exuberant joie de vivre.

Dancers, artists, musicians, singers, acrobats, jugglers, tightrope walkers, and contortionists perform exciting tricks and spectacular acrobatics. All together, more than a hundred African artists are participating in the show. To find them, André Heller and his team traveled for almost two years on the African continent between Mali and Morocco, Egypt and South Africa.

Afrika! Afrika!
2., Rotundenplatz / Prater
Tram N: Prater Hauptallee

Africa! Africa! – A Magic Circus Event

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One of the most extensive collections of Rubens, prominent works by van Dyck, Lucas Cranach and Raffael, and compositions by Rembrandt, van Ruysdael and Hamilton can all be admired.

They are complemented by weaponry, porcelain, a large collection of bronzes and one of the most beautiful remaining French state coaches. In the final days of the Second World War the collections had been taken to safety in Vaduz, the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein. Now that the museum is being “reopened”, premises of Palais Liechtenstein previously closed to the public, for instance the magnificent library, will also be on view.

Palais Liechtenstein
9., Fürstengasse 1
Tram D, Bus 40A: Bauernfeldplatz Tel. 319 57 67-0
Fri-Mon, 10 am-5 pm
From March 2, 2008:
Fri-Tue, 10 am-5 pm

Liechtenstein Museum: The Princely Collections

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Enjoy the panorama of Vienna after the sun has set and experience the magnificently illuminated sights of Vienna.

At your feet – Vienna at night – see the splendid baroque cupolas of the Imperial Palace, neo-Gothic Vienna City Hall, the round Giant Ferris Wheel, the slim spires of St. Stephen’s Cathedral and many attractive apartment houses that were built during the past few years.

Vantage points for views over Vienna at night are not only the Giant Ferris Wheel, but also the Danube Tower with its revolving restaurants, or Kahlenberg in the north of the city. There are also restaurants and bars such as Cantino at the House of Music, the Sky Bar at Steffl Department Store or “Windows of Vienna.”

A charming tip for the winter months: guided tours to the roof of the Museum of Natural History – they take place all year, but the view after sunset can only be enjoyed during the winter months.

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Burgring 7
A-1010 Wien
Entrance: Maria Theresien-Platz
closed on Tuesdays

Entertaining evenings in the imperial pavilion with private guided tours of the Af-rican animals and a unique opportunity to tickle your palate with exotic delicacies – you can expect all this and more during a safari dinner at Schönbrunn Zoo.
When the last visitors have left the zoo and tranquility descends on the enclosures, an ex-otic welcoming cocktail sets the tone for your culinary adventure. Then a zoologist takes you round the African enclosures to the antelopes, elephants, zebras and lions, which are just being fed at this time.

At the ensuing safari dinner in the imperial pavilion, with blazing torches, gentle back-ground music and South African wines, you will be served delicacies such as slices of South African springbok, corn chicken breast with banana chips and coriander and cardamom juice.

Dates:
May 8 and 17, June 1, 7 and 21, July 3 and 14, August 7 and 23, and September 4.

Safari dinner at Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna

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Great voices, important performers, exciting productions – Vienna’s opera houses and operetta stages offer stimulating entertainment.
Vienna Operetta Summer: Open-Air at the Theresianum
The Vienna Operetta Summer starts its fifth season with a new program and a new venue. This year, Vienna’s Theresianum is the location for a colorful revue with unforgettable melodies by Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán, and Robert Stolz.

Spirited Operetta Entertainment throughout the Summer – “Die Fledermaus”
Lively, sparkling, and entertaining are the operetta performances offered every summer at the Schönbrunn Palace Theater: this year, an old operetta evergreen awaits you …

13. 7.—26. 8. “Die Fledermaus”The Bat”, Operette von J. Strauss;
Di—Sa 19.30 Uhr (18., 19., 25., 26. 8. um 17.30 Uhr) /
Tue—Sat 7.30 p.m. ((18., 19., 25., 26. 8. at 5.30 pm)
Open Air Opera: Verdi’s “Il Corsaro”
This July, opernwerkstatt wien performs Verdi’s opera “Il Corsaro,” which is generally regarded as a “difficult” work, for the first time in Austria. The performance takes place in a courtyard of the Vienna Rossauer barracks, which were erected 150 years ago under Emperor Franz Joseph in Tudor style and later served as a police headquarters.
Theater an der Wien
During the Mozart Year 2006, the Theater an der Wien was opened once again as an opera house. During 2007, Vienna’s newest opera house offers Mozart, baroque opera, modern American opera as well as an attractive concert series.

5., 8., 11., 15., 17. 7. “La finta semplice” von W.A. Mozart
1., 3., 6., 10., 13., 16., 19. 8. “Le nozze di Figaro” von W. A. Mozart
For more info & tickets pls. send email to: info@viennaticket.com

Opera and Operetta in Vienna

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At the Belvedere – Gustav Klimt, the Painter Company and breakfast in the park The Belvedere will be showing Klimt’s oeuvre, spanning everything from his early works to the gilded masterpieces such as “The Kiss” at the “Gustav Klimt and the Painter Company” exhibition, on from June 20 to October 2, 2007.

The Company, founded by Gustav Klimt , his brother Ernst and Franz Matsch in 1880, created ceiling paintings for the Burgtheater, the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) and the Hermes Villa. A summer breakfast in the grounds of the Belvedere unites art and enjoyment in a unique way.

Privately owned monumental ceiling paintings and curtains created for palaces and theaters by Gustav and Ernst Klimt, and Franz Matsch in the late 19th century are to be publicly exhibited for the first time in almost 100 years.

The large works on show will include a 15-meter long frieze and seven paintings from the Peles Summer Palace in Sinaia, in today’s Romania. These and other works by Franz Matsch, Ernst Klimt and Hans Makart, as well as early Gustav Klimt portraits will bring the Ringstrasse era to life. Gustav Klimt’s gilded pictures “The Kiss” and “Judith I”, which put Klimt himself and the Vienna Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) school on the map, reflect the movement’s role as a stepping stone towards modernism.

On Sundays at 10 a.m. in July and August, art lovers will be able to combine art and enjoyment by taking breakfast in the park at the Lower Belvedere. After a special tour, visitors will be able to savor the view of the blooming flower beds as they enjoy breakfast on the terrace overlooking what was once Prince Eugene’s private garden. Both the themes of the tours of the Belvedere collections and the menus will change every week.

Please book in advance. Klimt and the Painter Company Belvedere, Upper Belvedere June 20 to October 2, 2007; daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, 3rd district.

Gustav Klimt, the Painter Company at the Belvedere

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Viennafair, the international contemporary art fair runs from April 26 – 29, 2007 and brings together about 100 leading international galleries from 17 countries to showcase contemporary European art. Side events include a newcomers’ exhibition and a panel discussion open to all visitors.
Some 1,500 artists will be showcased at Viennafair, including top Austrian artists Peter Kogler, Valie Export and Erwin Wurm and stars of the international art world such as Raymond Pettibon and Günter Förg. Along with the “bridge galleries” that focus on the contemporary art scene in Central and Southeastern Europe, other exhibitors from Austria and abroad will also be showing a large amount of recent work. Viennafair is an ideal opportunity to encounter and purchase work by Central European artists.

This year’s event will be the first to feature an exhibition space dubbed “Zone 1″ where newcomers to the art scene will be introduced by galleries. There will also be an open invitation to fairgoers to participate in a panel discussion on the subject of art biennales.
ARTmART – Buy Art for Only 70 Euros

ARTmART is an exhibition with experimental market character, in which more than 2,000 works by 200 artists are exhibited, bartered, and sold for the flat price of 70 Euros.

This way, ARTmART offers a new art market for beginners during the Vienna Fair – and a field to experiment for artists as well as new buyers. The works are chosen by curators, which guarantees quality and a range of young contemporary art.
View, barter, get to know – and buy!

Buying art at Viennafair & ARTmART

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The organiser managed to obtain the Spanish Riding School for the first time as location for concerts. In earlier times, ostentatious court balls, masked balls and carousels were arranged in this glorious masterpiece built by Emanuel Fischer von Erlach in the 18th century. Presenting the “haute école” of the Lipizzan stallions only a few days before, the Spanish Riding School will present the “haute école” of the piano at the beginning of August.

With this festival, the organiser will add another cultural peak to the already existing Austrian summer-festival. Piano-music and historic architecture in ultimate perfection will become a unique summer-delight for both Viennese residents and visitors.

Vienna Piano Summer at the Spanish Riding School Vienna

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The exhibition “Garden Pleasures: The Garden in Art” at the Belvedere Palace will be enchanting art lovers from March 22 to June 24, 2007. On show will be atmospheric works by Monet, Klimt and Nolde and other portrayals of gardens spanning the Gothic, Baroque, Art Nouveau and modern periods.
The Baroque Lower Belvedere palace and its orangery will be the setting for this exhibition of some 80 artworks depicting gardens. The glorious colors of the flowers, and their arrangement in interiors and gardens give the viewer a sense of how the artist has captured nature. Lovers’ gardens of the 16th century, Canaletto’s view of Vienna from the Belvedere, Monet’s garden at Giverny and Klimt’s country garden – all these reveal how the theme has been treated in successive epochs.

Changes in garden design through the centuries bear witness to diametrically opposed approaches and philosophies, from the strictly geometrical layout of Baroque gardens to the meandering pathways of English landscape gardens and the layered structure of art nouveau gardens, in which trimmed boxwood hedges tame the natural world.

The glorious gardens of Belvedere Palace are an irresistible invitation to exhibition goers to stroll at their leisure and thus create a direct connection between art and garden design
Belvedere, Lower Belvedere and Orangery
3., Rennweg 4,
tel. +43–1–79 557–0
www.belvedere.at

March 22 to June 24, 2007
Tue-Sun 10a.m.-6p.m.
(last admission 5.30 p.m.)

Garden Pleasures: The Garden in Art at the Belvedere Palace, Vienna

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