MusikTheater an der Wien

Music theater and opera from the early Baroque to the present day – of the highest quality and with a contemporary aesthetic – are the specialty of the MusikTheater an der Wien. As the only opera house in the German-speaking world to operate a stagione system, there are regular premieres, plus concert operas, concerts and new formats.

Vienna is a city of opera and boasts three major opera stages: the MusikTheater an der Wien is just as popular with Viennese audiences as the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Volksoper.

The MusikTheater an der Wien focuses on works with a particular connection to Vienna and the MusikTheater an der Wien, contemporary music theater and baroque compositions.

Reopening!

After two years in Hall E at the MuseumsQuartier, the MusikTheater an der Wien is returning to its historic and now completely renovated headquarters right next to the famous Naschmarkt. There will be no staged productions in 2024; these will start in 2025 with perfectly coordinated new technology.

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MusikTheater an der Wien, view of the stage behind a caryatid (column in the shape of a human figure) — © Peter M. Mayr

Theater an der Wien auditorium — © Peter M. Mayr

Opera House MusikTheater an der Wien, view from the street — Theater an der Wien, entrance – © Peter M. Mayr

MusikTheater an der Wien at a performance, with audience and musicians on stage — © Peter M. Mayr

Theater an der Wien, entrance – © Peter M. Mayr

Spectacular music theater in 2024/25

In the 24/25 season, the MusikTheater an der Wien will once again be the only stagione theater in the German-speaking world to offer a program spanning 400 years of music theater. The theater’s artistic director is Stefan Herheim, one of the most sought-after opera directors of our time. Some of the 13 productions that will be staged during this season:

Idomeneo (W. A. Mozart) - concert performance
Paradise and the Peri (Robert Schumann) - concert performance
The Little Prince (Pierangelo Valtinoni) – family opera
Norma (Vincenzo Bellini)
Betrothal in a Monastery (Sergej Prokofjew)
Voice Killer (Miroslav Srnka)

Among the 144 events in total, there will be twelve new productions, one world premiere, seven concert operas and five concerts. There will also be a cultural education program called TaWumm!

Johann Strauss 2025

Johann Strauss II had close ties with the MusikTheater an der Wien: 13 of his 15 operettas were first performed here. At the MusikTheater an der Wien, the celebration of the Johann Strauss 2025 anniversary year (marking 200 years since his birth) begins with the operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin (The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief), which premiered here in 1880. A caustic parody of the Habsburg monarchy, it became Strauss’s greatest success of his career to date, but with Crown Prince Rudolf’s suicide in Mayerling in 1889, the piece abruptly disappeared from theater repertoires.

The production is directed by Christian Thausing, with Martynas Stakionis conducting the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. The ensemble is led by Diana Haller, Elissa Huber, Beate Ritter, Michael Laurenz, Alexander Strömer and Maximilian Mayer. Premiere: January 18, 2025

Johann Strauss 2025

The stars of the season

The MusikTheater an der Wien will host internationally acclaimed singers in 2024/25, including Aigul Akhmetshina, Jeanine De Bique, Freddie De Tommaso, Elsa Dreisig, Attilio Glaser, Asmik Grigorian and Raffaele Pe.

Collaborations with the Arnold Schoenberg Choir (the resident choir of the MusikTheater an der Wien), the Wiener Symphoniker and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra will be continued.

Tip: Kammeroper

The second performance venue of the Theater an der Wien is the Kammeroper – an ideal setting for smaller works that blend music and theater. Highly talented next-generation artists appear on stage here alongside established actors. The audience and performers get especially close to one another in the little opera house in the heart of the city.

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Chamber Opera — Kammeroper – © Katharina Schiffl

Vienna Chamber Opera - Entrance - Streetview — Kammeroper – © Katharina Schiffl

Vienna Kammeroper, audience in the auditorium — Kammeroper – © Katharina Schiffl

MusikTheater an der Wien

Linke Wienzeile 6
1060 Vienna

Accessibility
- Main entrance
  - no steps
- Car parks Main entrance
  - Parking spaces for people with disabilities
    in front of the theatre (from 6 pm)
- Further information
  - Seeing eye dogs allowed
  - 2 Wheelchair spaces available (stalls)
  - Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

Map Points of interest in the area

Chamber Opera (Kammeroper)

Fleischmarkt 24
1010 Vienna

Accessibility
- Main entrance
  - no steps
- Further information
  - Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Comments
  Not wheelchair accessible, no wheelchair places without steps.