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A special evening awaits you at the Vienna Konzerthaus: We'll begin with a look behind the scenes and into the organizational structures of one of Europe's leading concert halls. Following this, a champagne reception in the Wotruba Salon invites you to exchange ideas, accompanied by a brief introduction to the concert program.

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reConnect mw: Behind the scenes at the Vienna Konzerthaus

Wiener Konzerthaus

When the young Handel was working on his Agrippina, which is to be performed this year at Halle Opera, he also lifted whole sections from the score of Octavia by his former superior in Hamburg, Reinhard Keiser – here, for the first time, you have the opportunity of comparing the two works. One point of interest is that the two title characters are the mother and first wife of the Roman emperor, Nero, who won legendary status as a persecutor of Christians, untalented musician and arsonist. In Keiser’s opera, Octavia, who is being urged by her husband Nero to commit suicide, uses cunning to save her life. On the advice of the philosopher Seneca, she appears to Nero as her own ghost and succeeds in making him relent.

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Tomáš Král

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Oct 19, 2025

reConnect mw: Behind the scenes at the Vienna Konzerthaus · University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

7 - 9 Jun, 2025

Octavia · Händel-Festspiele Halle

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Nero in Octavia by Keiser

Händel-Festspiele Halle

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