Vienna State Opera House reopens at last

The curtains are also being raised at long last elsewhere in the capital of music and culture! The Vienna State Opera will get the new season underway with a stunning premiere of Madame Butterfly – which also spells the end of its enforced closure due to COVID-19.

Release time : 2020-09-15 12:27:54

source : Travel Daily Media

audience members are asked not to shout bravo etc. But they are free to clap as loudly as they like!

All tickets have names printed on them. This is to ensure that contact tracing can be started quickly in the event of a case of Covid-19. Opera goers are required to bring a photo ID with them for verification purposes. Seating layouts have been adapted to comply with the official coronavirus ordinance, and the number of seats has been reduced to ensure the minimum distancing requirements can be observed. The interval rooms and bars will be open. Audience members must wear a mask on the way to and from their seat and are asked to pay electronically. Once the performance ends, guests must leave the building by the most direct route. The Vienna State Opera will continue to offer its popular standing tickets for EUR 10. However this area of the venue now also has seats, rather than standing room only.

Meanwhile, it is not just the State Opera that is back - the capital’s entire culture scene is also sending out a signal with a confident start to the fall season. Selected highlights: the first high point of the new season at the Musikverein under the new executive and artistic director Stephan Pauly comes courtesy of the Vienna Philharmonic on October 1, 3, 4 and 5, 2020 with Beethoven symphonies conducted by Herbert Blomstedt.

The Wiener Konzerthaus is starting up again at the beginning of September 2020 with a celebratory Beethoven programme from Camerata Salzburg. Meanwhile, the Theater an der Wien kicks off its season on 16 September 2020 with the premiere of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Zazá, produced by Christof Loy. The Burgtheater is opening on 11 September 2020 with a production of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s Life is a Dream, directed by Martin Kušej.

There will also be safety, hygiene and distancing rules in place at all of these venues, with adapted capacity limits in order to comply with the official COVID-19