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Vienna State Opera

Opernring 2

1010 Wien

www.wiener-staatsoper.at

1., 3. 1.     19.00

6. 1.     18.30

Johann Strauss:

The Bat

Operetta

2., 4. 1.     18.30

Gyula Harangozó, Wassili Wainonen - Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski:

The Nutcracker

Ballet

5., 8. 1.     20.00

11. 1.     19.30

Gaetano Donizetti:

L´elisir d´amore

7. 1.     18.30

10., 13., 17. 1.     19.00

Modest Mussorgsky:

Boris Godunov

9. 1.     18.00

12. 1.     18.30

Richard Strauss:

The Knight of the Rose

14., 18. 1.     19.00

21., 25. 1.     19.30

Jules Massenet:

Manon

16., 20. 1.     19.30

Giacomo Puccini:

Tosca

19. 1.     19.00

22. 1.     18.30

Giacomo Puccini:

Madama Butterfly

23., 26. 1.     19.00

30. 1.     19.30

Giuseppe Verdi:

La forza del destino

24., 28. 1.     19.30

Giacomo Puccini:

Manon Lescaut

27. 1.     19.30 (Premiere)

Roland Petit - Johann Strauss:

The Bat

Ballet adaptation of the master piece of the Viennese operetta – The Bat by Johann Strauss

Choreographie und Inszenierung /Choreografia a inscenácia /Choreography and staging: Roland Petit
Music: Johann Strauss, Douglas Gamley
Musical arrangement: Douglas Gamley

(Performances: 2., 4. 2., 6., 9., 12. 3.)

31. 1.     19.00

Giuseppe Verdi:

Un ballo in maschera

 

Opera for children:

2., 4., 11. 1.     11.00

Wagner´s Ring of the Nibelung for children

 

Tip for March:

7. 3.

Peter I. Tchaikovsky:

Eugen Onegin

(Vorstellungen /Predstavenia /Performances: 10., 13., 16., 19., 22. 3.)

 

 

Wiener Volksoper

Währinger Straße 78

1090 Wien

www.volksoper.at  

1., 14., 22. 1.     19.00

Johann Strauss:

The Bat

Operetta

2., 6., 13., 20. 1.     19.00

30. 1.     19.30

Oscar Straus:

The Merry Nibelungs

Operetta

3., 16. 1.     19.00

11., 12., 18. 1.     18.00

25. 1.     16.30

Edmund Gleede:

Max and Moritz

Ballet comedy

4., 5., 9., 10., 17., 27., 28. 1.     19.00

Frederick Loewe:

My Fair Lady

Musical

8. 1.     20.00

Carl Binder, Johann Nestroy:

Tannhäuser in 80 minutes

Opera parody after Richard Wagner

15., 19. 1.     19.00

Emmerich Kálmán:

Countess Maritza

Operetta

23., 31. 1.     19.00

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

The Magic Flute

24. 1.     19.00 (Premiere)

Ernst Krenek:

Cleaning up around St. Stephen’s

In his satire with music the composer characterises the conflicting athmosphere of Vienna's turbulent years between the two World Wars.

(Performances: 26., 29. 1., 12., 15. 2.)

 

Tip for March:

1. 3.     19.00

Frank Loesser:

Guys and Dolls

An American master piece celebrates its premiere at the Volksoper. Frank Loesser, author and composer of film classics such as "Hans Christian Andersen", "The Most Happy Fella" or "How to succeed in Business without really trying", created with “Guys and Dolls“ his best musical which won the Tony Award and was filmed in 1955 with Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra.

(Performances: 3., 5., 6., 9., 14., 17., 18., 26., 29. 3.)

 

 

Burgtheater

Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring
1010 Wien

www.burgtheater.at

1. 1.     16.00, 20.00

Karl Farkas, Fritz Grünbaum, Georg Kreisler:

Melody of Laughter – 100 years of cabaret in songs and texts

2. 1.     20.00

Yasmina Reza:

God of Carnage

3. 1.     19.00 (Premiere)

6. 1.     18.00

9., 14., 15., 26. 1.     20.00

Thomas Bernhard:

Appearances are deceiving

“Everyone wants to participate and to be left alone at the same time. Since it´s impossible, one is always in conflict.“

4. 1.     16.00

William Shakespeare:

Romeo and Juliet

5., 13., 29. 1.     20.00

Edward Albee:

Who´s afraid of Virginia Woolf?

8., 19., 20. 1.     19.00

Friedrich Schiller:

Don Carlos, Infant of Spain

10. 1.     15.00

William Shakespeare:

The Wars of the Roses

11. 1.     16.00

Friedrich Schiller:

Wallenstein

12. 1.     20.00

Maxim Gorki:

Petit-Bourgeois

16. 1.     18.00

Ilias by Homer in the new translation by Raoul Schrott – First evening

17. 1.     15.00

Ilias by Homer in the new translation by Raoul Schrott – Second evening

18. 1.     18.00

William Shakespeare:

King Lear

21. 1.     18.30

William Shakespeare:

Henry VI – The Wars of the Roses, Part 1

22. 1.     20.00

Alfred Dorfer:

Fremd

Cabaret

23. 1.     20.00

Thomas Bernhard – My Prizes

Book presentation with Gert Voss

In the book “My Prizes“, Thomas Bernhard looks back in anger and draws the balance of his literary prizes. The gifted comedian describes in detail the tragedies which always followed after the presentation of literary prizes to him. The book “My Prizes“ will be published for the first time on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of Thomas Bernhard in February 2009.

24. 1.     19.30

25. 1.     19.00

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

Faust. First part of the tragedy

Guest performance of the German Theatre Berlin

28. 1.     20.00

Bernd Jeschek, Mnozil Brass:

Irmingard

30. 1.     20.00

Yasmina Reza:

Art

31. 1.     20.00

Gerhard Polt and the Biermösl Blosn – 30 years in the service of footlights

Defile from A... to C

 

Tips for February and March:

 

February

Pedro Calderón de la Barca:

Life is a Dream

Baroque play about appearance and being, destiny and predestination, power and corruptibility.

 

March

Botho Strauß:

Trilogie des Wiedersehens

With his satirical and provocative picture of denial of art and life, Botho Strauß became internationally known as playwright.

Carmen Brucic:

Symmetrien des Abschieds

Artistic and scientific confrontation with the realities and illusions of goodbye. We need to get rid of the old to make way for something new.

 

 

Akademietheater

Lisztstrasse 1
1030 Wien

www.burgtheater.at

1., 3., 4. 1.     19.00

26. 1.     20.00

Karl Schönherr:

Der Weibsteufel

2., 19. 1.     19.30

6. 1.     19.00

23. 1.     20.00

William Shakespeare:

Macbeth

5., 13. 1.     20.00

Wajdi Mouawad:

Incendies

7. 1.     20.00

Martin Heckmanns:

Das wundervolle Zwischending

8. 1.     20.00

Gert Jonke:

Free Fall

9., 12., 30. 1.     20.00

15. 1.     20.30

René Pollesch:

Fantasma

10. 1.     19.00

21., 27. 1.     20.00

Doktor Faustus – my love is as a fever

after Thomas Mann

11., 18. 1.     19.00

William Shakespeare:

All´s well that ends well

14. 1.     20.30

Werther!

after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

16., 22. 1.     19.00

17., 25. 1.     18.00

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky:

The Brothers Karamazov

20., 28. 1.     20.00

Lukas Bärfuss:

The Test (The brave SImon Korach)

24. 1.     17.00

Joachim Meyerhoff:

Alle Toten fliegen hoch 1-3

29. 1.     20.00

„Fame. Novel in nine stories“

Michael Kerbler interviews Daniel Kehlmann

31. 1.     19.00

Henry Miller:

The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

 

 

Theater an der Wien

Linke Wienzeile 6

1060 Wien

www.theater-wien.at

13., 15., 17., 20., 22., 25. 1.     19.00

Claude Debussy:

Pelléas et Mélisande

Drama lyrique in five acts

In French with German surtitles

Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

 

30., 31. 1.     20.00

Death in Venice

Death dance by John Neumeier based on the short novel by Thomas Mann

Music: J. S. Bach, Richard Wagner

Guest performance of the Hamburg Ballet

 

22. 2.     19.00

Georg Friedrich Händel:

Partenope

Dramma per musica in three acts, HWV 27

In Italian with German surtitles

Conductor: Christophe Rousset

Les Talents Lyriques

(Performances: 25., 27. 2., 1., 4., 6. 3.)

 

27. 3.     19.00

Georg Friedrich Händel:

Messiah

Oratorio in three parts, HWV 56

In English with German surtitles

Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Ensemble Matheus

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

(Performances: 29. 3., 1., 3., 6. 4.)

 

 

Volkstheater

Neustiftgasse 1
1070 Wien

www.volkstheater.at

2., 4., 7., 9., 10., 13., 17., 23., 26., 28., 29. 1.     19.30

11., 18. 1.     15.00

Arthur Miller:

Death of a Salesman

3., 19. 1.     19.30

6. 1.     18.00

Johann Nestroy:

He´ll Have Himself a Good Time

5., 12., 14., 22., 31. 1.     19.30

Neil Simon:

Sonny Boys

8., 15., 16., 20., 21., 24., 25., 30. 1.     19.30

Johann Strauss:

The Bat

Operetta in three acts

27. 1.     19.30

Willy Russel:

Educating Rita

 

Tips for February:

6. 2.

Terry Johnson:

The Graduate

After the novel of the same name written by Charles Webb, with the screenplay for the film of the same name by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry.

27. 2.

Anton Chekhov:

Three sisters

The play Three Sisters tells in an ironic and humorous way about the endless chase of people after the happiness and their inability to realize their own dreams and desires.

 

 

Theater in der Josefstadt

Josefstädter Strasse 24-26
1080 Wien

www.josefstadt.org

1., 5., 9., 15., 23., 28. 1.     19.30

17. 1.     15.00

31. 1.     14.30

Georges Feydeau:

A Flea in Her Ear

2., 16. 1.     19.30

Arthur Schnitzler:

Hands Around

3., 4. 1.     14.30

7., 18., 22., 24. 1.     19.30

10., 11., 25. 1.     20.00

John von Düffel after Thomas Mann:

Buddenbrooks

3., 4., 17. 1.     20.00

14., 19., 27. 1.     19.30

Roland Schimmelpfennig:

Visiting the father

6., 8., 12., 13., 20., 21., 26. 1.     19.30

10., 11., 25. 1.     14.30

Bertolt Brecht:

Judith from Shimoda

29. 1.     19.30 (Premiere)

30. 1.     19.30

31. 1.     20.00

Peter Turini after Carlo Goldoni:

The Landlady

Who has the power, has the chance. The play shows the connection between love and economy.

 

Tip for March:

5. 3.

Ingmar Bergman:

From the Life of the Marionettes

Ingmar Bergman, the great psychologist of the European cinema, tells with his story, which was filmed in 1980, about a murder in the middle of civil society.

 

 

Wiener Stadthalle
Vogelweidplatz 14
1150 Wien
www.stadthalle.com

8. 1.     20.00

Swan Lake

Russian State Ballet

 

12. 1.     20.00

The most beautiful choirs of the world

 

15., 16., 17., 18., 20., 22., 23., 24., 25., 28., 29., 30., 31. 1., 1., 5., 6., 7., 8., 12., 13., 14., 15., 19., 20., 21., 22. 2.     20.00

17., 18., 24., 25., 31. 1., 1., 7., 8., 14., 15., 21., 22. 2.     15.00

Mamma Mia – The Musical

based on the songs of ABBA

MAMMA MIA! is far and away the most popular musical of the present day. Over 30 million people saw the show since its London premiere in 1999. The unconventional musical comedy about love, family, friendship and fatherhood has broken all records on Broadway and in London´s West End.

 

27., 28. 2.     20.00

La Belle du Moulin Rouge 

Musical about love, freedom, truth and beauty

 

11. 3.     20.00

Fantasy Musical Gala 

From Andrew Lloyd Webber to Disney – Best of Musical

 

14., 15. 3.     20.00

The Best of Musical 2009 

The greatest musical highlights performed by the top-class soloists from London´s West End and Vienna, dancers, choir and 250 gorgeous costumes.

 

 

Raimund Theater

Wallgasse 18

1060 Wien

www.musicalvienna.at

26. 2. – 30. 6.

Daily except Monday 7.30 p.m., Sunday 6 p.m.

Rudolf – Mayerling Affair

Crown prince Rudolf – the right man in the wrong place at the wrong time

Based on the novel by Frederic Morton, the historical biographic musical tells the tragic love story of crown prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera. The music was written by Frank Wildhorn, the composer of Jekyll & Hyde, scenario by Jack Murphy.

 

 

Halle E im MuseumsQuartier

MuseumsQuartier
Museumsplatz 1
1070 Wien

www.oeticket.at

2., 6., 7., 8., 9. 1.     20.00

3., 10. 1.     17.00, 21.00

4., 11. 1.     15.00, 19.00

Richard O’Brien:

Rocky Horror Show 

BAD, BIZARRE AND BLOODY BRILLIANT!

 

 

Ronacher Theater

Seilerstätte 9
1010 Wien

www.musicalvienna.at

4. 12. 2008 – 22. 2. 2009

Every day except Wednesday at 7.30 p.m., on Sunday at 6 p.m.

Mel Brooks:

The Producers

One of the most successful musicals of the last 30 years. The story concerns two producers who scheme to get rich by overselling interests in a Broadway flop. Complications arise when the show unexpectedly turns out to be successful in spite of the bad play, incapable director and ungifted actors.

 

 

Puppet Theatre at the Schönbrunn Palace

Schloss Schönbrunn
1130 Wien

www.marionettentheater.at

2., 10., 24. 1.     16.00

4., 6., 18. 1.     11.00

Hansel and Gretel

Opera by Engelbert Humperdinck

Suitable for children of 4 years and older

2., 5., 17., 31. 1.     19.00

25. 1.     16.00

Johann Strauss and the Danube Waltz

3. 1.     16.00

Children´s Strauss

Johann Strauss and the Danube Maid – musical storybook

3., 10., 24. 1.     19.00

4., 6., 11., 18. 1.     16.00

Magic Flute

Opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

11. 1.     11.00

17. 1.     16.00

Children´s Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself tells the story of his opera

Suitable for children of 4 years and older

31. 1.     16.00

Aladdin

Story from one thousand and one nights