From the State Opera to ESC Victory

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Director Bogdan Roščić congratulates Johannes "JJ" Pietsch on winning the ESC.

"From the Magic Flute to winning the Song Contest is somehow a story that can only take place in Austria.
But if you can keep your nerve on stage at the Vienna State Opera, you can also master a performance in front of 150 million people. JJ did a great job.
On behalf of all my colleagues, I congratulate him from the bottom of my heart.
Bravo!"

JJ at the opening ceremony of the NEST (the second venue of the Vienna State Opera) with the Stage Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

JJ at the opening ceremony of the NEST (the second venue of the Vienna State Opera)

JJ in the current production of Mozart's »Die Zauberflöte«

JJ in »Von der Liebe Tod«

About the Opera School

Whether it's Carmen, La bohème or Tosca - the Opera School brings a zest to the stage.

The Vienna State Opera enables talented children from the age of 8 to enter the world of opera. On around 100 opera evenings each season, the children of the opera school are in the spotlight on the big stage: as soloists or as a choir. The street urchins in Carmen and La bohème, Charlotte's siblings in Werther, altar boys in Tosca, ..