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Only Vienna's finest musicians and vocal soloists are invited to perform as the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra from Vienna tours with a repertoire taken from the world-famous concert shown on television on New Year's Day. During the tourist season, the orchestra gives daily concerts in the Schönbrunn Palace Orangery, where the coveted tickets are in high demand among tourists from all over the world.

New Year's Concert 2026

Halmstads Teater

The operetta A Night in Venice, composed in 1883, drew on the overflowing enthusiasm that Vienna held for the Serenissima — an affection that reached another peak with the opening of the “Venice in Vienna” theme park in the Prater in 1895.

The plot revolves around the pleasure-seeking Duke of Urbino, a notorious womanizer, who wishes to take advantage of the Carnival season to pursue a romantic conquest under the cover of colorful masks and disguise… Specifically, the Duke sets his sights on Barbara, the wife of Venetian senator Delaqua. Several schemes — some aiming to thwart the Duke’s plan, others to support it — intersect and clash, and in the end, the Duke finds himself facing not one, but three Barbaras!

A Night in Venice

Volksoper Wien

Operetta has always been an escape from everyday life into a dream world. But what if what is happening in the world is so terrible that it can no longer be forgotten? In the first months of 1938, current political life intrudes into the Volksoper during rehearsals for the operetta Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau. What do intolerance, discrimination and fascism do to the staff of the Volksoper?

In the course of rehearsals, the seizure of power by the National Socialists brings about serious changes for the Volksoper: dismissals follow at all levels of the house. A captivating look into the mirror of the past can also mean a confrontation with a painful period in the history of the Volksoper. We don't want to avoid that. By telling the story of the Volksoper staff, we preserve the memory of ALL victims. At the same time, we do not lose sight of the actions of the perpetrators, which could happen again at any time, but we also remember the countless people who did not raise their voices.

Let 's forget the world - Volksoper 1938

“Love stays away, you wait and wait; when least expected, there it is!” 
She is said to seduce all the men with her free-spiritedness and her Spanish folklore, as she sings “Love is a rebellious bird”… Until she is killed by one of the men.

“Is Carmen really the free, independent woman we think she is, or is she rather the prisoner of the very myth of the free, independent woman? Isn’t it precisely the men who attribute this free-spiritedness to her, so that their conquest of her is all the more rewarding? Carmen tries to make decisions that go in an unexpected, unconventional direction. But is that the definition of freedom? Isn’t the consistent decision to go against convention also a kind of straitjacket?” (Lotte de Beer)

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Events

Past events

Jan 15, 2026

New Year's Concert 2026 · Halmstads Teater

Oct 25 - Dec 19, 2025

A Night in Venice · Volksoper Wien

Future and recently performed repertoire

Dancaïro in Carmen by Bizet

Volksoper Wien

Alexander Kowalewski, Intendant in Let 's forget the world by Kagarlitsky

Volksoper Wien

Bartolomeo Delaqua, Senator of Venice in A Night in Venice by Strauss

Volksoper Wien

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