There is a special advance booking service for the federal theatres
(Staatsoper, Burg- and Akademietheater): tel. 513 15 13 (credit cards
only). There is also a communal counter at the Bundestheaterverband (Federation
of Federal Theatres), Goethegasse 1, 1010 Vienna, tel. 51 44 40, fax 514
44 29 69. De Wiener Veranstaltungsservice or WVS (Vienna Events Service)
sells tickets by computer at those theatres and banks that
co-operate with the WVS system (this will make your ticket around 20%
more expensive). If you want tickets for the more or less fifty other
big and small theatres, you can always buy them directly from the
booking office at the theatres or from the Vienna Ticket Service,
Börsegasse 1, 1010 Vienna, tel. 534 17 75, fax 534 17 26.
Tickets for all opera- and theatre performances are available at the
following agencies: Theaterkartenbüro Weihburg, Weihburggasse 3,
1010 Vienna, tel. 512 84 34; Theaterkartenbüro Lienerbrünn,
Augustinerstrasse 7, 1010 Vienna, tel. 533 09 61; and very cheap: Ticket
Express, Waltergasse 14, 1040 Vienna, tel. 505 23 24, fax 504 55 50.
Tickets
and information about musicals on
www.wien-ticket.at , tel . 588 85.
The best chance to acquire tickets at short notice is at the big hotels,
who often book a number of tickets themselves. They do expect a generous
tip!… The programmes are found on special columns all over Vienna, but
they are also published in newspapers and the city magazine Falter (Butterfly).
Wien Tourismus will also help you out.
Akademietheater
III., Lisztstrasse 1
Tel. 514 44 41 40
The second home of the Burgtheater. This one has a smaller stage and
mainly brings contemporary pieces.
Burgtheater
I., Dr. Karl-Lueger-Ring 2
Tel. 514 44 41 45
Founded by the Emperor Joseph II in 1776 as an court and national
theatre. It was moved in 1888 to a newly constructed house on the Ring.
Gottfried Semper and Karl Hasenauer designed it in a classicist style.
Dschungel Wien –
Theater für Kinder, Familien, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene
I., Museumsplatz 1 (in het Museumsquartier)
Tel.
522 07 20
www.dschungelwien.at
Before this theatre was finally opened in October 2004, for about
fifteen years the parties fought for a permanent place where they could
perform. It is not a classic theatre but an open center, ‘a turntable
for art and culture for a young public’. Dschungel Wien brings us
international guest productions as well as productions from Austrian
parties. It offers dance, expressive art, literature, film, etc.
Cross-over between different genres is not unusual here either.
According to Rabl, teenagers who were raised with tv are the most
difficult public/audience, but he manages to let the young people find
their way to the Dschungel.
Raimundtheater
VI., Wallgasse 18-20
Tel. 599 77 27
www.musicalvienna.at
For decades this has been the best address for operettas. Today
musicals are added to the programme.
Ronacher
I., Seilerstätte 9
Tel. 514 02
Inaugurated in 1888 as a German-speaking variety theatre. Its belle
époque style was thouroughly renovated by the firm of architects Coop
Himmelblau. Specialises mainly in musicals.
Schauspielhaus
XI., Porzellangasse 19
Tel.
317 01 01-18
www.schauspielhaus.at
Uncompromising modern programme. Critics and audience just love it.
Schönbrunner Schlosstheater
XIII., Schloss Schönbrunn
Tel. 512 01 00 77
This beautiful theatre in rococo style is the summer residence of the
Kammeroper.
Serapionstheater im Odeon
II., Taborstrasse 10
Tel. 216 51 27 20
Contemporary ‘research theatre’. Experimental music, costumes and
mime.
Staatsoper
I., Opernring 2
Tel. 513 15 13
The symbol par excellence of Austrian culture. Located in a
neo-Renaissance building from 1869 designed by the architects van der
Nüll and von Siccardsburg. Home to one of the world’s greatest opera
orchestras: the Vienna Philharmonic.
Theater an der Wien
VI., Linke Wienzeile 6
Tel. 5 88 85
Fax 5 88 30 33
www.musicalvienna.at
Constructed between 1797 and 1801 for Emanuel Schikaneder, librettist
of Mozart’s Magic Flute. One of the oldest theatres in Vienna.
The audience here witnessed the première of Beethoven’s Fidelio, Kleist’s
Kätchen von Heilbronn, and Lehár’s Merry Widow. Guest
theatre during the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Feast Weeks).
Theater in der Josefstadt
VIII., Josefstädter Strasse 26
Tel. 405 51 27
www.josefstadt.org
Nestroy and Raimund’s theatre is still continuing its bourgeois
tradition.
Volksoper
IX., Währinger Strasse 78
Tel. 514 44 36 70 (info), 513 15 13 (tickets)
Operas, operettas and musicals.
www.volksoper.at
Volkstheater
VII., Neustiftgasse 1
Tel. 523 27 76
www.volkstheater.at
They’re still trying to bring the theatre as close as possible to
the people. ‘Volkstheater in den Aussenbezirken’ (Popular Theatre in
the Suburbs) was one of their laudable initiatives.
Wiener Kammeroper
I., Fleischmarkt 24,
entrance Drachengasse 1-3
Tel. 512 01 00 77
www.wienerkammeroper.at
Intimate chamber opera. Amusing little pieces for a small cast.
Wiener Sängerknaben
Wiener Musikverein
I., Karlsplatz 6
Tel 58 80 41 41,
www.mondial.at
The boys with their pure little voices usually perform on Fridays at
4pm. Compositions of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Johann Strauss and
international folk songs.
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/Opera/Cabaret