The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is playing at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna on the first of May. The annual event marks the orchestras founding which this year takes place for the 130th time. The anniversary concert is directed by Gustavo Dudamel. The guest solo artist is the Cellist Gautier Capuçon, and the orchestra is […]
By John Leo-Moberg A book containing the records of people buried in the Jewish cemetery in the Austrian Deutschkreutz community may finally let families know where their ancestors were put to rest. All records were lost after the cemetery was destroyed by the Nazis in the 1940s. But the Jewish cemetery in Deutschkreutz should now […]
Austrian supermarket chain Merkur scored a coup for customers after getting hold of hundreds of tickets for the enormously popular Jedermann at the Salzburger Festspiele this year. The tickets are regarded as one of the hottest cultural properties in the annual events calendar in Austria and are usually sold out almost immediately. So many Austrians […]
With the auction room filled to capacity, a crowd of telephone bidders drove the price for a work by Lorenzo Lippi up to 870,000 Euros at Vienna’s Dorotheum auction house. His “Triumph of David” was created under the influence of the Roman and French reaction to Caravaggio, and as such is characterised by the masterful […]
Amerika Haus Gets All Jazzed Up
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By Samantha Mitchell Americans in Vienna looking for a touch of home will find a warm welcome mat waiting at the newly renovated Amerika Haus. For more than six decades, Americans and Austrians used Amerika Haus as a place to meet and learn about one another’s culture. That sentiment was apparent on Monday evening, while […]
Vienna Vintner wine tour 2012
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Wine lovers in Vienna have the opportunity this coming weekend to take part in a wine tour the ‘Wiener Winzertour’ (Vienna Vintner) where local wine producers will be displaying their locally produced wine specialties for the fourth consecutive year. Wine buffs can tour the Vienna wine region and treat the palette to the very best […]
Sensational space odyssey now on stage
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Alexander Wiegold’s attempt to create a gripping stage version of Stanislaw Lem’s famous novel “Solaris” can be considered as a full success. All members of the cast of the theatre production – now on at the Burgtheater’s Vestibül stage – perform on a high level but it is Oliver Masucci’s engagement which sticks out. Masucci […]
Vienna is a true wine capital
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It is a little-known fact but the city of Vienna is the only capital in the world that has vineyards within the city boundaries. The Vienna city vineyards produce award-winning wines and now a wine that they officially launched last year – the Wiener Gemischter Satz – has proven to be an export winner. The […]
Kulis on collision course
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Radio star Gernot Kulis is touring Austria. “Kulisionen” is the celebrated comedian’s first one-man stage programme. Its title plays with the German term for collisions (Kollisionen) and his surname. Kulis’ fan base has risen strongly in past years thanks to various regular comedy features on market-leading radio station Ö3. Kulis (www.gernotkulis.at) is one of the […]
Motorway service station restaurants do not usually conjure up images of mouthwatering culinary experiences, but Austria as every driver knows is very much the exception to this rule. This year Rosenberger celebrates its 40th anniversary since it was opened in 1972 by Heinz J. Rosenberger. And to celebrate it the chain is making sure drivers […]