Lights, Orchestra, Action

A photo report on the last two hours before a performance.

»Bernstein was crying«

Otto Schenk talks about the power of Beethoven's »Fidelio« and its symbolic staging of liberation.

On the death of Edith Mathis

The internationally acclaimed Swiss soprano Edith Mathis passed away in Salzburg on February 9, 2025.

Start of rehearsals for Tchaikovsky's »Iolanta«

Director Evgeny Titov makes his debut, Tugan Sokhiev conducts Tchaikovsky's last opera

On the death of Carlos Gacio

Carlos Gacio, former ballet master of the Vienna State Opera Ballet, died in Vienna on February 2 at the age of 88.

Forecast: An opera highlight!

A dream cast returns.

Couture Salon 2025

As an official side event of the Vienna Opera Ball, this year's Opera Ball Couture Salon took place yesterday evening (January 31, 2025).

Mimì is poetry

Soprano Ailyn Pérez sings Mimì in "La bohème" for the first time at the Vienna State Opera

The Multiple Endings of the Magic Flute

Rethought: Director Barbora Horáková combines fairy tales and humanity in a touching new production.

The Tender Plant of Love

Julian Prégardien makes his house debut as Tamino

An instrument in focus

Violin Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, "ex Hämmerle", played by concertmaster Albena Danailova.