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Through an opening in the wall the Gustav Mahler Hall is linked to the original remaining foyer (in earlier times called the ‘Promenade Hall’). Sixteen oil paintings after sketches by Moritz von Schwind explain why this magnificent hall has the nick-name ‘Schwindfoyer’. The paintings portray once well known, but today hardly ever performed, works from the operatic repertoire as well as one concert piece: "The Free-Shooter" (Carl Maria von Weber), "The Barber of Seville" (Gioachino Rossini), "The Water Carrier" (Luigi Cherubini), "The White Lady" (François-Adrien Boieldieu), "Hans Heiling" (Heinrich Marschner), "The Vestal Virgin" (Gaspare Spontini), "Jessonda" (Louis Spohr), "Domestic Warfare" (Franz Schubert), "Armide" (Christoph Willibald Gluck), "The Magic Flute" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), "Fidelio" (Ludwig van Beethoven), "Doctor and Apothecary" (Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf) Against the wishes of the committee, Schwind asserted that Bellini’s "Norma" should not be included. "Les Huguenots" (Giacomo Meyerbeer) and, as outsider, Joseph Haydn’s oratorio "The Creation".
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Under each painting is the bust of the corresponding composer. The ceiling is decorated with two paintings "Battle of the Wreath" and "Victory" by Friedrich Sturm (he also created the twelve flower decorations on the walls). Medallions of the Empress Maria Theresia and the Emperor Leopold I, who contributed several notable works he composed himself to the young art form, can be seen over each of the marble fireplaces. In addition the busts of some significant Staatsoper General Directors are found: Gustav Mahler (by Auguste Rodin), Richard Strauss (by Hugo Lederer), Clemens Krauss (by K. Piettier), Herbert von Karajan (by Milos Borc) and Karl Böhm (by N. Tregor). The rooms linking the Hall, the Marble Hall as well as the Gustav Mahler Hall contain busts respectively of Gaetano Donizetti (who for a short time held the post of Wiener Kammerkapellmeister) and Richard Wagner. In the Wagner Salon a bust of the longtime house conductor Josef Krips can be seen. Beside the Schwindfoyer is the Marble Hall, which also serves as an interval room. It was created by the architects Prossinger and Cevela from the destroyed Emperor’s Hall and the former smoking salon. The marble inlay work by Heinz Leinfellner portrays scenes from theatre life backstage.
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