After building work lasting two and a half years, the curtain rises once again in the Theater an der Wien in October 2024.

The first music to be heard by an audience in the revamped theatre – even before the opening premiere of Mozart’s Idomeneo – is by two composers who have especially close ties to the Theater an der Wien: Ludwig van Beethoven, who lived here for a time while writing Fidelio, first performed his Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra in C minor Op. 80 at the Theater an der Wien together with his 5th and 6th symphonies; and the overture to Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus exemplifies the importance of operetta in this theatre’s history.

Wiener Symphoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Petr Popelka, conductor
Mao Fujita, piano