- - Hofburg Imperial Palace - Great Hall
- - Hofburg Imperial Palace - Redouten Hall
- - Konzerthaus Vienna - Mozart Hall
- - Konzerthaus Vienna - Schubert Hall
- - Musikverein Vienna - Brahms Hall
- - Hofburg Imperial Palace - Ceremonial Hall
- - Liechtenstein Palace - Hercules Hall
- - Vienna State Opera
Hofburg Imperial Palace
Formerly the winter residence of the Habsburgs, the Hofburg has a unique situation among the great festive halls in Vienna. It was here that the Emperor held his audiences, gala dinners and royal balls.
Great Hall
Address:
Hofburg Vienna
Heldenplatz 1
A-1010 Wien
Hofburg Imperial Palace
Formerly the winter residence of the Habsburgs, the Hofburg has a unique situation among the great festive halls in Vienna. It was here that the Emperor held his audiences, gala dinners and royal balls.
Redouten Hall
Address:
Hofburg Vienna
Heldenplatz 1
A-1010 Wien
Konzerthaus Vienna
The Wiener Konzerthaus (Konzerthaus Vienna) was completed in 1913 during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph and thoroughly renovated from 1998 to 2000.. Today it is the seat of the Viennese Symphony Orchestra, which plays many concerts there throughout the year.
Important festivals such as the Viennese Music Weeks “Wiener Festwochen” take place in the Konzerthaus.
Mozart Hall
Address:
Lothringerstraße 20,
1037 Wien
Konzerthaus Vienna
The Wiener Konzerthaus (Konzerthaus Vienna) was completed in 1913 during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph and thoroughly renovated from 1998 to 2000.. Today it is the seat of the Viennese Symphony Orchestra, which plays many concerts there throughout the year.
Important festivals such as the Viennese Music Weeks “Wiener Festwochen” take place in the Konzerthaus.
Schubert Hall
Address:
Lothringerstraße 20,
1037 Wien
Musikverein Vienna
The "musical landmark" of Vienna. There are many concert halls but the "Musikverein" is unique. The home of the Philharmonic Orchestra is renowned all over the world. It became not only the heart of the Viennese music culture, but also the centre of international classical music life.
Brahms Hall
Address:
Musikverein - Golden Hall,
Bösendorferstrasse 12,
1010 Vienna
Hofburg Imperial Palace
Formerly the winter residence of the Habsburgs, the Hofburg has a unique situation among the great festive halls in Vienna. It was here that the Emperor held his audiences, gala dinners and royal balls.
Ceremonial Hall
Address:
Hofburg Vienna
Heldenplatz 1
A-1010 Wien
Liechtenstein Palace
The summer palace in the Rossau district of Vienna was commissioned by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I (1657-1712), one of the greatest builders of his day who also oversaw the construction of castles and palaces from Aussee to Landskron and Prague.
For the planning and construction of his magnificent palace with its extensive gardens, the prince hired renowned architects, painters and stucco plasterers from Austria and abroad.
The first plans for a palace and gardens were presented by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. In 1691 Domenico Egidio Rossi finally started work on the construction of a “palazzo in villa” as a worthy residence for the prince, with a dominant central hall in the style of the Upper Italian villas built during the seicento. In 1692 Domenico Martinelli, the prince's preferred architect, took over Rossi's work-in-progress, adding a new floor to the magnificent building.
The baroque summer palace underwent extensive alterations at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, when Prince Johann Josef I transferred his collections of paintings and sculptures from the City Palace and his Bohemian and Moravian estates to the palace in the Rossau and put them on public display. In order to create more display space windows were bricked up and valuable frescoes painted over.
In 1938, under the shadow of World War II, the Princely Family took up residence in Vaduz and moved all their art treasures to Liechtenstein. Until 2000 the palace served as an annex to the Museum of Modern Art.
In 2004, following extensive restoration work by the Princely Family, the palace was reopened and a large part of the Princely art collection returned.
Hercules Hall
Address:
Fürstengasse 1
1090 Wien
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world and was built in Neo-Renaissance style between 1861 and 1869 to plans drawn up by the architects Eduard van der Nüll and August von Sicardsburg. It was the first building to be erected on Vienna's Ringstrasse, but was not very popular with the public. When the level of the street was subsequently raised by a metre, the Viennese even contemptuously referred to the Opera as a “sunken box.” This hostility, which was shared by Emperor Franz Joseph, drove van der Nüll to commit suicide in early 1868. Two months later von Sicardsburg also died of a heart attack. Thus neither of the architects lived to see the completion of the building.
The Vienna State Opera was opened on 15 May 1869 to enthusiastic applause for a performance of Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart. After having suffered serious bomb damage toward the end of World War II, the building was reconstructed and reopened on 5 November 1955 with a performance of Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The season at the Vienna State Opera runs from September to June with a programme of opera, operetta, ballet and concerts. In July and August the Vienna Mozart Orchestra plays the most popular pieces by the composer from Salzburg. Each February since 1935 the Opera has hosted the Vienna Opera Ball which draws prominent guests from Austria and abroad, including artists, politicians and celebrities. Past directors of the State Opera have included such notable composers and conductors as Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Herbert von Karajan and Lorin Maazel.
Address:
Opernring 2
1010 Vienna