Recommended in Vienna
The Barber of Seville, Opera by G. Rossini
Vienna
“Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!” - the famous refrain that announces the arrival of the Barber of Seville and the start of what is arguably still the best comedy in opera. Based on Pierre Beaumarchais’ play of 1775, Le ...
Tosca, Opera by G. Puccini
Vienna
Brutal, dramatic, unrelenting: epithets that have all been used to describe Giacomo Puccini’s tremendous historical opera, Tosca. Set in the real Rome of the Napoleonic Wars, its locations still stand today, including the Church ...
The Tales of Hoffmann, Opera by J. Offenbach
Vienna
Three tales by the masterful storyteller E. T. A. Hoffmann, held together by the imaginative and inspired score of Jacques Offenbach, beckon you to enter a fantastical world of romance, life-like human automatons, treachery and a little ...
Aida, Opera by G. Verdi
Vienna
Now performed all over the world, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida was the outcome of a direct commission from Egypt’s ruler, Isma'il Pasha; a statement of his ambition for his country to become the bridge between the European and ...