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Vienna State Opera Guided Tour
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Vienna State Opera Guided Tour

location_on Vienna, Austria schedule 1 hours

Overview

Go behind the scenes at the Vienna State Opera, often called the world’s largest repertory theatre, with an English-speaking guide. You walk through the state rooms and auditorium while your guide explains how the house stages a different production almost every night.

Highlights

  • Grand staircase: The tour starts in the foyer and climbs the main staircase.
  • State rooms: The Tea Salon, the Marble Hall, the Schwind Foyer and the Gustav Mahler Hall.
  • Auditorium: Take in the tiers of boxes and galleries and look across to the stage.
  • How it works: Insights into the architecture and the daily running of a working opera house.

Good to know

  • Time on site: About 1 hour, with the guided tour itself lasting around 40 minutes.
  • Activity level: Easy and indoors; mostly standing and level walking, plus the grand staircase.
  • Pairs well with: The Schönbrunn Palace Tour.

Facts

History

  • The house opened on 25 May 1869 with Mozart’s Don Giovanni, attended by Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth.
  • Neither architect, Eduard van der Nüll nor August Sicard von Sicardsburg, lived to see the opening.
  • Gustav Mahler directed the house from 1897 to 1907.

Did you know?

  • A bombing raid on 12 March 1945 left only the main facade, grand staircase and Schwind Foyer standing.
  • It reopened on 5 November 1955 with Fidelio, conducted by Karl Böhm and broadcast on Austrian television.

Tour manager tips

  • Arrive a little early to gather the group at the meeting point.
  • Keep together in the foyers, as other tour groups pass through.
  • Photos are a good moment on the grand staircase, one of the original surviving spaces.

Included in the price

Included

  • Guided tour of the Vienna State Opera
  • English-speaking guide
  • All taxes and booking fees

Not included: Opera performance tickets, hotel transfers, food and drinks, gratuities, personal expenses.

Please note: Access depends on the ticket type booked and on the attraction being open on the day of your visit, and on the rehearsal and performance schedule.

Meeting point

Vienna State Opera, guided tour entrance
Operngasse 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria

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