Wiener Staatsoper

Wiener Staatsoper

The Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper, IPA: [ˈviːnɐ ˈʃtaːt͡sˌʔoːpɐ]) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, and designs by Josef Hlávka. The opera house was inaugurated as the "Vienna Court Opera" (Wiener Hofoper) in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It became known by its current name after the establishment of the First Austrian Republic in 1921. The Vienna State Opera is the successor of the Vienna Court Opera, the original construction site chosen and paid for by Emperor Franz Joseph in 1861.

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  • Le corsaire (2016)

    Le corsaire by A. Adam, from Vienna State Opera, performed at Wiener Staatsoper, 2016. Conductor Valery Ovsyanikov, starring Natascha Mair, Davide Dato, Maria Yakovleva, Liudmila Konovalova, Alice Firenze, Prisca Zeisel, Nina Tonoli, Robert Gabdullin, Kirill Kourlaev, Mihail Sosnovschi and Vienna...

  • Cinderella (Viennese version for children) (2018)

    Cinderella (Viennese version for children) by A. Deutscher, from Vienna State Opera, 2018. Directed by Birgit Kajtna, conductor Witolf Werner, starring Alma Deutscher, Bryony Dwyer, Simina Ivan, Bongiwe Nakani, Pavel Kolgatin. Performed in German and Subtitled in German and Italian.

  • George Frideric Handel: Alcina (2011)

    Alcina by George Frideric Handel, from Live recording from the Wiener Staatsoper 2010, 2011. Directed by Matthias Leutzendorff, conductor Marc Minkowski. Starring Wiener Staatsopernchor; Anja Harteros, Alcina; Veronica Cangemi, Morgana; Vesselina Kasarova, Ruggiero; Kristina Hammarström, Bradaman...

  • Great Arias - Eva Marton - La Gioconda - "Suicidio!" (1999)

    Great Arias Eva Marton - La Gioconda: "Suicidio!" from Wiener Staatsoper, . Conductor Adam Fischer.

  • Great Arias - Brigitte Fassbaender - Elektra - "Ich habe keine guten(1995)

    Great Arias Brigitte Fassbaender - Elektra: "Ich habe keine guten Nächte", by R. Strauss, from Wiener Staatsoper, 1995. Conductor Claudio Abbado, starring Brigitte Fassbaender (Clytemnestra), Eva Marton (Elektra)