Vienna Museum Karlsplatz
Here, the history of Vienna is documented, starting with the first settlements on the Danube and the Vindobona camp on the northern border of the Roman Empire, to the residence of the dukes of Babenberg and the 640 years of Habsburg rule, right up to the present time.
First-rate art works, among them Gustav Klimt’s painting “Pallas Athene” and his portrait of Emilie Flöge, archeological excavations, armor and armory, the so-called Turkish Booty of 1683, objects illustrating the construction history of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and two city models from the nineteenth century make a visit to this museum well worth one’s while.
Friends of literature find a memorial room for the poet and playwright Franz Grillparzer, housing the furniture of his last apartment, including the windows and doors. The original interior of the apartment of architectural pioneer Adolf Loos is also on view. On the ground floor of the museum, special exhibitions on individual Viennese topics are often shown.
Wien Museum Karlsplatz
4., Karlsplatz
U, tram, bus: Karlsplatz / Oper
tel. 505 87 47
Tue to Sun and pub hols, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Closed: January 1, May 1, December 25
“Rebecca”: World Premiere of a Musical with Uwe Kröger
The famous story of love, fear, and jealousy is being performed as a musical for the first time. The ingredients make for an exciting story: a dark secret, a young woman, a great love …
The brand new mystical and mysterious musical will premiere on September 28, 2006, at the Raimund Theater. It is based on the famous novel by Daphne du Maurier which Alfred Hitchcock in 1940 turned into an Oscar-winning movie with Sir Laurence Olivier und Joan Fontaine. Sixty-six years later, in the role of Maxim de Winter: the popular musical star Uwe Kröger. Book and music were written by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay, who have already had a great worldwide success with their musical “Elisabeth.”
Monte Carlo in the 1920s: In the lobby of an elegant hotel, an unprepossessing young girl meets the fascinating English gentleman Maxim de Winter. They marry after just a few days and move together to de Winter’s country mansion Manderley. But the reception is frosty and hostile. Everyone still talks about the beautiful and dominating Rebecca, Maxim’s first wife who died a year before. Rebecca’s ghost is everywhere, but there is also a dark secret about her death …
Raimund Theater
6., Wallgasse 18–20
daily except Monday
Vienna Museum Karlsplatz
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