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Opern-Toilette is a funny place, right under the Opera. It was constructed some years ago and recently the so-called "Toilet-Bar" was added. It is a pissoir, designed by the artist Rudolf Scheffel and includes a Jazz-piano and 4 hungry lips, waiting untill you p*ss off.... Just Imagine, you walk through the lovely centre of Vienna, and get the idea or need, you want to powder your nose or to talk to a man about a horse... There is a place, where you may do that in the apropriate way, you certainly expect to, in the metropole of classical music and good taste ! Ladies go ahead, through the big stage' curtain ! Gents go to the right please ! There is a small entrance fee of 60 cents to be paid into a machine at the entrance. And believe me : It's worth every cent ! I don't know much about the ladies tones, when they powder their noses, but at the men's department strange tones are not unusual while talking to a man about a horse or a dog ! ...and therefore Opera-music is played there in order to get a more cultural "touch" into any discussion about horses... Just imagine - Luciano Pavarotti is singing TOSCA in the real Opera high above you, while you may talk to a man about a horse... and you may sit in one of these well-furnished boxes and may go to the John and nobody could blame you for that !!! Just try to do the same in the real Opera's boxes and you will see what happens ... Leave a Comment Directions: Opern-Toilette is just below the Opera. You simply take the rolling-stairs from the opera under the Ringstrasse and will have Opern-Toilette to your right. It is open untill midnight !!
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| | | | Oper / Staatsoper: Staatsoper. The magic world of culture | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Opera House was built in 1862 and was the first building constructed in the Ring. The architects, August von Siccardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll created the Opera House in the French Renaissance style but were bitterly criticised. When the Opera House was opened in 1869 with Mozart's "Don Giovanni,“ the two architects were already dead. Following a bombardment in 1945 the theatre was completely destroyed by flames. The reconstruction lasted ten years: Erich Boltenstern designed the stalls and the staircases whilst Zeno Kosak designed the hall. The iron curtain depicting Orpheus and Eurydice is the work of Rudolf Eisenmenger. On 5th November 1955 the Opera House was reopened, in a solemn ceremony, and a performance of Beethoven’s “Fiedelio” was given, conducted by Karl Böhm. The opera orchestra is made up of members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition it has its own State Opera House Corps de Ballet. A list of its orchestra conductors alone would be enough to attest to its worldwide reputation: Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Furtwängler, Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, Maazel and Abbado. Leave a Comment Phone: 01 514 44 26 06Directions: Seen from the Ringstrasse, the majestic stone building is dominated by the original loggia, which survived World War II. Station Karlsplatz/Oper Metro: U1, U2, U4 Tramways: 1, 2, D, J, 62, 65Website: www.wiener-staatsoper.at
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| | | | Oper / Staatsoper: Staatsoper / the opera | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Oper was the first building of the new Ringstrasse that was finished in 1869, and while not everybody was happy with the style of the building at that time it finally became one of the most popular buildings of Vienna. In case that you intend to see one of the performances in the Opera, just make sure to reserve as long in advance, as possible, otherwise you have to get your tickets at one of the several ticket-bureaus, adding high extra-charges to the ticket-prices. As soon as you arrive in Vienna, you may as well take a look at the side-entrance opposite of "Ringstrassen-Gallerien" - there you see a seperate entrance, where you may see, at what dates guided tours through the opera are offered. - it does NOT follow a regular schema, but the dates of the next few weeks are posted there. Be there in time, these tours are made by plenty of tourguides in various languages, rushing through thousands of tourists within a short time... Leave a Comment Phone: +43(0)51444-2250Directions: Oper is at Ringstrasse and you may get there by U1 and U4, exit Karlsplatz. Trams #1, #2, #65, #D, #J and many others will take you directely to the Opera.Website: www.wiener-staatsoper.at
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| | | | Oper / Staatsoper: Vienna State Opera House (Staatsoper) | Tip Rating: | | | | |
It was the first building erected on the Ringstraße when the old city's fortifications were torn down and replaced by massive public works projects. When the building opened on 25 May, 1869 the first performance was Mozart's Don Giovanni.- During World War II (on March 12, 1945) the stage was destroyed by bombs and the building gutted by fire. The foyer, with frescoes by M. v. Schwind, the main stairways, the vestibule and the tea room were spared. Almost the entire décor and properties, the equipment for more than 120 operas with around 150,000 costumes were destroyed. The reconstruction of the State Opera was carried out from 1948-1955.- The State Opera can accommodate 2,209 people (previously 2,324), offering 1,642 seats and standing room for 567. The stage is one of the largest in Europe. Leave a Comment Phone: 43-1-514-44-2955Website: www.wiener-staatsoper.at
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