Vienna State Opera – Free Opera Treats For All

Visitors to Vienna this Spring and Summer will be treated to a series of free open-air opera events in the heart of the city.

After its successful introduction in 2009, Oper Live am Platz will be back in May and June 2010 with live broadcasts of selected performances on a giant outdoor screen – Entry is free of charge.

© WienTourismus / Willfried Gredler-Oxenbauer

A 50 square meter LED video screen will be set up on Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz next to the Opera House and the Ringstrasse. Performances include subtitles. Information about the opera, the performers, the Vienna State Opera and its works will be provided 45 minutes before the event starts and during the intervals.

In May 2010 there will be 17 free broadcasts of performances by the Vienna State Opera on the big screen including:

• Georges Bizet’s Carmen (May 3, 6 and 9)
• Gioachino Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri (May 22, 25 and 28) and
• Jules Massenet’s Manon (May 18 and 21)

A further 15 highlights will follow in June, including:

• Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin (June 6)
• Parsifal (June 30)
• Tannhäuser (June 16, 20 and 27) and
• Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly (June 8 and 11).

What a treat for opera and classical music lovers.

Event:

Oper live am Platz
Vienna State Opera
Opernring 2, 1st district

Dates : May and June 2010

If you’d like to experience opera in the grandness of the Wiener Staatsoper or at any of Austria’s many other grand opera and concert houses, you can book your tickets online here through our partner Classictic.