Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Damnation was the dominant theme Saturday in a new Vienna State Opera production of Charles Gounod s Faust. But redemption triumphed in the form of wonderful singing and a powerful orchestral performance... More »

Richard Wagner s Goetterdaemmerung and Das Rheingold are among the four new productions being staged by the Vienna State Opera for its coming season ahead of a full staging of the German master s Ring... More »

In opera, singing well is the best revenge. Neil Shicoff, savaged by the local media this summer for his bid to become director of the Vienna State Opera, celebrated a triumph Sunday on the stage of the... More »

Frenchman Dominique Meyer has been named the new director of Vienna's famed State Opera, the Austrian government said on Wednesday. Meyer, now overseeing the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris,... More »

Dominique Meyer has been chosen as the new director of Vienna s renowned State Opera, the government said Wednesday. Meyer, currently at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, replaces Ioan Holender... More »

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Tonio easily hit his row of high C s and then some. But there was much more to Sunday s La fille du regiment, at the Vienna State Opera. There was Natalie Dessay as Marie... More »

Vienna State Opera Director Ioan Holender announced Wednesday that he will step down in three years instead of looking to extend his contract. There had been speculation that Holender, who took over... More »