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	Learn more about Vienna State Opera in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vienna State Opera (in German: Wiener Staatsoper) is one of the most important opera companies in Europe.
		The original State Opera, a neo-romantic building severely criticized when it was built, was inaugurated on May 25, 1869 with Mozart's Don Giovanni.
		The State Opera was temporarily housed at the Theater an der Wien and at the Volksoper.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /v/vi/vienna_state_opera.html (365 words)

	Vienna Sightseeing - Vienna State Opera House (Staatsoper), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
		Vienna Opera House is situated in the frist district of Vienna at the southern end of the Kärntnerstrasse.
		The Vienna Opera House has a world-wide reputation for its first-class opera performances and is also known because of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
		Numerous statues and figurative embellishments at the inside and outside of Vienna opera underline the festive character of the house.
	www.aboutvienna.org /sights/oper.htm (197 words)

	Vienna State Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Vienna State Opera House built in the late 1800's as the Royal Opera House
		Opera and Theater Companies in Europe typically do a different show every day.
		These type of repertory theaters and opera companies are very expensive to operate typically employing 100-200 performers, musician, dancers, and technicians.
	astro.temple.edu /~anthonyh/Wien.html (225 words)

	Vienna - Opera House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Vienna State Opera is world-wide the best known of the monumental buildings around the Ringstrasse constructed under Emperor Franz Joseph.
		The building of the Vienna State Opera - an impressive mixture of old and new - is a part of the long history of opera in Vienna and would be unthinkable without this tradition.
		Like almost all large theatre buildings in the world, the opera house at the place of nowadays "Staatsoper" was built in the second half of the 19th century.
	home.pages.at /wolfs/vie/opera.html (398 words)

	english information
		The origin of the Vienna Opera, the oldest theatrical institution with an unbroken record of performing in the German-speaking world, goes back to the beginning of the 18th century.
		Many participants in the international contest announced on 30 January 1858 for the expansion of the inner city of Vienna planned the new opera house to be near the Kärntnertore, thus close by the theatre it was to replace, which indicates a strong tradition of opera-awareness.
		Criticised was the style: for in 1861 the opera house had been started in a romantic concept, which however, at the latst in 1865 had been replaced by the monumental conceptions of the strict style of historicism.
	www.wiener-staatsoper.at /Content.Node2/home/eninfo/2172.php (345 words)

	The Vienna Opera house (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When emperor Franz Joseph I. inaugurated the Vienna State Opera in 1869, he was not too fond of its architecture.
		The reconstruction of the Vienna State Opera took ten years, during which the ensemble performed at the Theater an der Wien.
		The Vienna State Opera quickly regained its reputation of being one of the world’s greatest musical establishments.
	archiv.vienna.at /vis/v1_redaktion/article.asp?TextID=3067 (255 words)

	Vienna State Opera House, Vienna Opera Ball, Eduard van der Nüll, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Gustav Mahler, ...
		The Vienna State Opera House was opened on the 25th of May 1869 with a gala performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
		The directorship of the opera is considered one of the most important positions in Austria.
		Once a year, the stage and the orchestra stalls of the Vienna State Opera turn into a giant dance floor – for the famous Vienna Opera Ball.
	www.silhouette-vienna.com /Stateoperahouse.htm (155 words)

	THE CHOIR - Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
		The Vienna State Opera Chorus is composed of ninety-two solidly engaged professional singers and build up one of the most important cornerstones of the Vienna State Opera along with the soloists, orchestra and ballet.
		Outside of the Vienna State Opera House the choir performs as the "Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus".
		The Benifit-Gala of the Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus at their 75th anniversary in the State Opera in 2002 (photo: Zeininger).
	www.kv-staatsopernchor.at /english/derchor.html (1166 words)

	Wiener Staatsoper (Orchestra & Choir) - Short History
		Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera): The first opera house, the Vienna Court Opera, was built as the first monumental building of artistic importance on the Ringstraße from 1861-1869 by A. Sicard von Sicardsburg and E. van der Nüll (decoration) in neo-Romantic style.
		The members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) are chosen from the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera.
		The Vienna State Opera Chorus is composed of ninety-two solidly engaged professional singers and build up one of the most important cornerstones of the Annually, since 1923, the choir also additionally participates at the Salzburg Festival.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Wiener-Staatsoper.htm (641 words)

	vienna state opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Plan a night at the Vienna State Opera, and benefit from the role Lexus has taken on at this world famous venue.
		The opera school offers children the chance to study music and opera alongside their regular school studies.
		Emperor Franz Joseph I inaugurated the Vienna State Opera in 1869 to rectify this shortcoming, although somewhat surprisingly, he was not too fond of its architecture.
	lexus-europe.com /about_lexus/news_and_events/vienna_state_opera.asp (321 words)

	September 1999 - Vienna State Opera Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The current Otto-Schenk-production, which had its premiere not in the Vienna State Opera but in the 'Theater an der Wien' in 1970, was performed that evening already for the 164th time.
		In his debut at the Vienna State Opera he showed much talent for the funny passages of his part, but in the more dramatic parts the baritone could have had a bit more striking force.
		As already usual the Vienna State Opera audience was of divided opionion about the performance of Mara Zampieri, who gave her role debut at the Vienna State Opera as Elena.
	www.opera.medianotes.com /english/reviews/vienna_state_opera/1999/2september_1999.htm (1204 words)

	VIRTOURIST.COM: 2/43.- Vienna, State Opera House tourist information
		This Opera House is one of the most famous Opera Theaters in the world.
		The origins of this Opera House are not very fortunate; one of its architects (Eduard van der Nüll) killed himself because he couldn’t stand the negative reaction of the citizens of Vienna to his work.
		The Opera House was almost totally destroyed in the World War 2, but soon after was reconstructed following the original plans (it was reopened in 1955).
	www.virtourist.com /europe/vienna/02.htm (151 words)

	Vienna State Opera -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		German Staatsoper theatre in Vienna, Austria, that is one of the world's leading opera houses, known especially for performances of works by Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Richard Strauss.
		The original theatre, located on the Ringstrasse, was built in 1869 to house the expanded operations of the Vienna Court Opera (Hofoper), by which name it was originally known.
		Renowned for her performances of the songs of Robert Schumann, German soprano Lotte Lehmann was also acclaimed in the roles of Leonore in Ludwig van Beethoven's opera Fidelio and of the Marschallin in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9075302?tocId=9075302 (947 words)

	Great Performances . From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2003 . INVITATION TO DANCE \| PBS
		To have the right to audition for the Vienna Philharmonic, an instrumentalist must first be a member of the Vienna State Opera for at least three years.
		Members of the opera orchestra are Austrian civil servants, with a regular salary, health insurance, and a pension.
		The Vienna Philharmonic has not always included waltzes and other 19th-century Viennese dance music in its repertoire, but the internationally broadcast New Year's Concert has shown another side of this remarkably versatile and intensely musical orchestra.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/shows/vienna2003/essay2.html (469 words)

	Ozawa and the Vienna Philharmonic
		The State Opera Orchestra is owned and operated by the Austrian Federal Government and its conductor is appointed by the house's Artistic Direction--not the orchestra.
		Opera, he added, was the best medium to accomplish his goal.
		Asked whether, in Austria, he will attempt to introduce female artists into the all-male Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Ozawa said that the Philharmonic is drawn from members of the State Opera Orchestra, which he will lead.
	www.osborne-conant.org /posts/ozawa.htm (1380 words)

	the Vienna State Opera Ballet
		VIENNA -- Two radically different performances in Vienna this week promoted a common mantra: you're not alone as long as you have your body.
		In the intimate space of the Museumsquartier, Cesc Gelabert reconstructed a minimalist and modernist solo by Gerhard Bohner, while the State Opera Ballet depicted loneliness in the midst of crowd and spectacle in an evening featuring the choreography of Renato Zanella and Balanchine.
		The dancers of the State Opera, and especially members of the corps, proved themselves eager and capable to master the challenges of contemporary technique in Zanella's work.
	www.danceinsider.com /f2002/f1203_3.html (660 words)

	The Vienna State Opera Ball
		From the very beginning, the Vienna Opera Ball was an international social event of the first magnitude.
		In 1869 the new opera house on the Ringstrasse was inaugurated.
		Gustav Mahler, the then director of the opera house, did not agree to provide the financial means for an improvement of the emergency exits as he had no great understanding for such expenses.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/1605/balloper.htm (817 words)

	Fodor's Travel Guides \| Forums Messages
		The acoustics at the Musikverein (Vienna Philharmonic) are said to be excellent; at the Vienna State Opera, you may land up with only a very limited view of the stage.
		Vienna has lots of classical music venues that are advertized, and of course Strauss music at the ballroom in Stadtpark.
		At the State Opera House, there are a few ballets...Giselle, for example.
	www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=34679006&numresponses=4&start=0 (216 words)

	Richard Strauss - Elektra / Abbado, Marton, Fassbaender, Vienna State Opera - $17.92 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Vienna State Opera orchestra is its usual precise machine, able to go the edge of hysteria and then step back.
		This cannot be easy in an opera where the emotional tone shifts all the way from a riot at a madhouse to the test bench shed of a racing motorcycle works.
		The Vienna State Opera is flawless with Eva Marton giving an uninhibited and exultant performance in the title role.
	fullcatalog.info /772410/goodsB00005OCLK.html (1270 words)

	Great Performances . From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2002 \| PBS
		With veteran FROM VIENNA host Walter Cronkite presiding, the celebration features the world-renowned Seiji Ozawa as guest conductor, leading the Vienna Philharmonic in a buoyant selection of Strauss family waltzes and polkas.
		In addition, peruse a short biography of maestro Ozawa, who will be completing a 29-year tenure with the Boston Symphony Orchestra to become the music director of the Vienna State Opera.
		Of the many balls held in Vienna during January and February, the most famous is the Opernball, which takes place at the State Opera House.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/shows/vienna2002/vienna2002.html (248 words)

	Vienna State Opera stages exquisite 'La Traviata' - PittsburghLIVE.com
		VIENNA -- For all the magnificence of instrumental concerts here and the superlative quality of the Musikverein, where the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is performing this week, the center of musical life is the Vienna State Opera.
		The Vienna State Opera's tradition reaches back long before World War I, when it was the Hofoper during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the Hapsburg aristocracy.
		But some of his tempi were frustrating in the same way as the "Aida" he led at the Metropolitan Opera in November, when Pittsburgher Marianne Cornetti made her major role debut at America's finest opera house.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_128179.html (785 words)

	B.co Vienna State Opera Ballet Review
		In this setting Strauss, who did not live to see the performance of his ballet for the Vienna Opera for which he composed it, is given the opportunity to do so by becoming Grete’s (the name of the Cinderella character), “fairy godfather”.
		The whole combination is a celebration of Vienna (the curtain backdrop is recognisably the streets of the old city) and the image the Viennese have of themselves — a musically, joyous, light-hearted society living in a confident and successful city that is a jewel on the shores of the Danube.
		The highlight of the festivities is a performance by two ballet dancers supposedly from the Vienna State Opera accompanied by a six members of the corps, all of whose arm movements comically send up the pas de deux being performed by the principal dancers.
	ballet.co.uk /magazines/yr_02/nov02/sm_rev_vienna_state_opera_0902.htm (1443 words)

	Music, Art & Dance - The Vienna State Opera
		Set by the composer and his librettist, Romano, in an inn in a Swiss village, the opera opens with the celebration of Amina’s engagement to Elvino.
		The opera deserves to be performed, not for the plot or staging, but because of its beautiful bel canto music.
		Full accolades to the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera which kept the audience riveted to their seats.
	www.educationupdate.com /archives/2002/may02/htmls/mad_spitz.html (797 words)

	The Vienna State Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Vienna State Opera is one of the first opera addresses in the world â“ offering great diversity at the highest level.
		The program of this renowned opera house changes daily and presents 50 opera and 20 ballets on 300 days of the year.
		The Royal-Imperial Court Opera Theater, as it was first called, was designed by the architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der NÃ¼ll.
	info.wien.at /article.asp?IDArticle=3091&print=true (267 words)

	Romeo et Juliette - Vienna State Opera 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Marcello Viotti at the desk of the Vienna Philharmonics conducted on one side with great lyrical flow, to be in other moments lively and buoyant, always drawing many colors out of the orchestra, always well-disposed towards the singers.
		Stefania Bonfadelli, who was already celebrated in the première of La Sonnambula at the Vienna State Opera in October 2001 as the new Prima Donna at the coloratura-heaven, impressed by her with great easiness conducted voice and the beading tones in a portrayal of Juliette, which reaches from Madonna-double to an innocent virgin.
		Responsible for the costumes were Birgit Hutter, for the choreography especially of the ball and battle scenes is the chef of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Renato Zanella.
	opera.medianotes.com /english/premieres/2001/romeoetjuliette_vienna_2001.htm (383 words)

	the Vienna State Opera
		VIENNA -- In a season of noisy tributes to Balanchine, it is not surprising that the Vienna State Opera's celebration is quieter than most.
		In contrast, Balanchine's own works, "Theme and Variations" and "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," left the Opera dancers a little too vulnerable and alone with their (not always flawless) technique Tuesday night at the Vienna State Opera House, and with the choreography itself.
		Hatala's performance ultimately provided further proof that the Vienna Opera dancers do best with a chance to showcase their personalities, and are as easily lost in Balanchine's movement for its own sake as in the overplayed anger of the mob.
	www.danceinsider.com /f2003/f1003_1.html (957 words)

	Vienna_state_opera_chorus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Swanning about at the opera : I went to see this opera fairly recently at Covent Garden.
		Grundheber excels in his portrayal of a downtrodden,poor man who is driven to madness by persecution and a foreboding reflected in the blood...
		Turandot: Vienna PO/Gergiev : An interestingly different account of Turandot for the Salzburg Festival of 2002 without the usual Alfano completion of the 3rd Act.it is completed here by Luciano Berio...
	dvd.mysic.co.uk /Actor/Vienna_State_Opera_Chorus (404 words)

	Vienna State Opera holds musical riches - PittsburghLIVE.com
		But a private visit to the Vienna State Opera provided a rare look at materials that usually are locked up out of sight.
		Poltun says what he hated about working for the State Department was having to move everything he and his wife owned every three or four years.
		Then Poltun unlocked the inner sanctum, where we saw full scores of operas used by many of music's most legendary figures, such as one of "Der Rosenkavalier" used by its composer, Richard Strauss, and Giuseppe Verdi's "Requiem" used by the composer when he conducted it in Vienna.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_128466.html (863 words)

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