Schoenbrunn Palace Concerts

About the event

The Orangery Schoenbrunn Vienna is the largest orangery building in the world. It serves as host for the Schoenbrunn Palace Concerts.

Every evening the Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra, accompanied by renowned musicians, singers and ballet dancers, performs the most famous works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss. The orchestra consists of eighteen highly talented virtuosi, having been trained in the world's best known conservatories. They have already performed in a wide variety of international orchestras and concert halls.

Since the establishment of the Schoenbrunn Palace Concerts, the daily performances of the Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra play an essential role in Vienna's cultural and musical life. At the Orangery Schoenbrunn, a place rich in tradition, the Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra and the Schoenbrunn Chamber Ensemble perform the most beautiful tunes of the classic composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss. In the first part you will listen to some of the most marvelous overtures, arias and duets from the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. "Le Nozze di Figaro", "Die Zauberflöte" and "Don Giovanni" to name a few. The most popular operetta arias, waltzes and polkas of the "Walzerkoenig" Johann Strauss - from "Die Fledermaus" and "Der Zigeunerbaron" to "Donauwalzer" and the famous "Radetzkymarsch" - comprise the second part. The orchestra is accompanied by two opera singers, a soprano and a baritone, and two ballet-dancers in authentic costumes from the time of baroque.

The Orangery Schoenbrunn offers the most delightful ambience for the Palace Concerts. Since the time of the Habsburgs, the Orangery was a place of musical and artistic festivities. During one of these events, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri competed in a musical contest at court, a contest still considered unique in music history. The Orangerie Schoenbrunn is a unique place full of musical history, which has developed itself into a renowned cultural event location.

The Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra takes the public back to the magical world of Austrian music history. The concert program is changed daily, thus guaranteeing variety and constant quality. The large orchestra, together with ballet-dancers and singers, plays from April 1st until October 31st, as well as from December 25th until January 2nd. The small orchestra (sextette) together with ballet-dancers and singers, plays from January 3rd until March 31st, and from November 1st until December 23th.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The palace close at 16:30, so you muss make the tour before closing time. The dinner Takes place at "Residenz Restaurant" 18:30 time , nearby the Palace (200 m only). The concert is at 20:00 hours (access to the Hall).

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