At the heart of Věc Makropulos is a recipe for a life-prolonging elixir invented by the doctor Hieronymus Makropulos for Emperor Rudolf II. It was tested on the doctor's beautiful daughter, who has now been on earth for 337 years and has had countless affairs over the generations. In the end, however, the seemingly young woman has to realize that an endless life on this side of the world only brings loneliness...

Věc Makropulos

Vienna State Opera

In the midst of the Grande Terreur, the community is divided between the prioress Madame Lidoine, who urges humility, and the novice mistress Mère Marie, who preaches martyrdom for the faith. The latter prevails, and before the Revolutionary Guards ban the order, the sisters take their vows - except for the absent prioress and Blanche, who cannot withstand the pressure and flees. When the Camelites, condemned to death for counter-revolutionary conspiracy, go to the scaffold, Blanche joins the condemned.

Dialogues des Carmélites

Her father hopes that she will be cured by the famous physician Ibn-Hakia - only when she can see will Iolanta meet her fiancé Robert of Burgundy. But things turn out differently: Robert wants to break off the engagement because he loves another princess. His companion and friend Vaudemont, on the other hand, falls in love with Iolanta at first sight and she returns his love. Love becomes the key to treatment, the cure succeeds and Iolanta learns to see.

Iolanta

Il tabarro is a gloomy marital drama set in the milieu of Parisian boatmen on the Seine: Grief for their deceased child stands between the couple Michele and Giorgetta, Giorgetta's affair with the worker Luigi ends in tragedy.

Teresa Sales Rebordão

Events

Upcoming events

21 - 30 Jun, 2026

Il Trittico · Wiener Staatsoper

Past events

Nov 30 - Dec 6, 2025

Věc Makropulos · Wiener Staatsoper

20 - 29 Nov, 2025

Dialogues des Carmélites · Wiener Staatsoper

Future and recently performed repertoire

Laura in Iolanta by Tchaikovsky

Wiener Staatsoper

Die Schwester Pflegerin in Suor Angelica by Puccini

Wiener Staatsoper

Aufräumerin in The Makropulos Affair by Janáček

Wiener Staatsoper

Sister Mathilde in Dialogues des Carmélites by Poulenc

Wiener Staatsoper

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