Culture and gastronomy come together in the elegant surroundings of Schonbrunn palace in Vienna.
This package includes:
* 4-course dinner in Café Restaurant Residenz
* Mozart and Strauss concert at the Orangerie Schonbrunn
Tickets pick up
Any day between 9:00 and 20:30, you can pick up your tickets at the box office in the Orangery building of the Schonbrunn palace (see the area map of the palace). Please, take the printed booking confirmation email with you.
Package programme
18:30 Dinner in Café Restaurant Residenz
20:30 Concert of works by Mozart and Strauss in the Orangery (Admission starts at 20:00)
The dinner
From 18:30 at Café Restaurant Residenz in the Schonbrunn Palace complex (see the area map of the palace).
The menu includes 2 options:
1.Vegetable soup of the season
2.Spinach-Feta cheese Strudel with salad bouquet and herb’s sour cream
3.Apple strudel handmade in the Imperial Bakery Schoenbrunn with whipped cream
or
1.Beef consommé with semolina dumplings
2.Filet of trout grilled in garlic with vegetables and parsley tomatoes
3.Apple strudel handmade in our Imperial Bakery Schoenbrunn with whipped cream
Vegetarians meals are available on request at manager@concertvienna.com
Drinks are not included in the package and are to be paid at the restaurant!
The concert
The concert starts at 20:30 and ends around 22:15. There are two parts of appr 45 min with an intermission of 15 min.
The exact programme is selected several days before each performance. Generally, it includes a selection of the best-known works by Mozart and Strauss. You can find an example in the menu "Programme".
Seat location & dress code
Categories VIP, A, B and C refer to the front, middle and rear part of the concert hall. Dinner is the same for all categories.
Guests with VIP tickets are served a glass of sparkling wine or orange juice during the intermission and receive a CD of the Schonbrunn Palace Orchestra.
The seats in the concert hall are not numbered. You can select your seats within the booked category on the first come-first served principle.
How to dress: there are no specific dress code requirements. An eclectic mix of visitors are often onsite at any given time, so guests dressed casually or formally are not likely to notably stand out. We recommend casual elegant attire.
How to get there
Underground: U4, Schönbrunn station
Trams: 10 and 58, Schönbrunn station
Bus: 10A, Schönbrunn station
By taxi: From the downtown (for example from Vienna state opera) the cost is approx. 15 €
After the end of the concert, you can get a taxi at the entrance to the Orangery Schönbrunn. The underground leaves in five to eight-minute intervals until midnight.
The Orchestra
Schonbrunn Palace Festival Orchestra, a traditional Viennese chamber orchestra, performs from 1.April to 31.October and from 24.December to 1.January.
The orchestra members are highly qualified and experienced musicians, who have previously played in various other orchestras and well-known concert halls.
Schonbrunn Palace Festival Ensemble performs with reduced number of musicians from 1.November to 23.December and from 2. January to 31. March.
The concert hall – the Orangery
Built around 1750, the Schonbrunn Orangery was not just a greenhouse but a symbol of prestige and wealth, and a favourite venue for concerts and parties for the royals and the aristocrats.
The famous musical duel between Mozart and Salieri took place at the Orangerie Schonbrunn (Mozart lost).
The Russian Crown Prince, the future Czar Paul, and the Austrian Emperor Josef II, who was very fond of the Orangery, dined here in the late autumn of 1781.
After a thorough renovation in 1997, the former greenhouse was restored to its original beauty. The rear section of the Orangery still serves its original purpose, while the especially elegant front section is used for concerts and all kinds of festivities.
Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra
The Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra Vienna is a traditional Viennese chamber orchestra, formed in 1994. Besides the concerts at the Orangery Schönbrunn, the orchestra has given many sold-out concerts across the world, including Japan, Croatia, Germany, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Denmark.
The Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra is accompanied by two opera singers, a soprano and a baritone, and two ballet-dancers in authentic costumes.
In late autumn and in winter the concert will be performed by the Schönbrunn Chamber Ensemble.
Schönbrunn Orangery
The Schönbrunn Orangery was built around 1750. The name reflects the original use of the building as a place where citrus trees were housed during the cold winters. In the 18th century, however, an orangery was not just a greenhouse but a symbol of prestige and wealth, and a venue for concerts and parties.
During many decades, royals and aristocrats enjoyed themselves at lavish parties here at the Schönbrunn Orangery. Emperor Joseph II was especially fond of holding celebrations in the Orangery with festively-decorated banqueting tables, ranks of flowering plants and illuminations in the citrus trees.
It was at the Orangerie Schönbrunn, where the famous musical duel between Mozart and Salieri, took place (Mozart lost).
The Russian Crown Prince, the future Czar Paul, and Emperor Josef II dined at the Orangerie Schönbrunn in the late fall of 1781.
After a thorough renovation in 1997, the former greenhouse was restored to its original beauty. The rear section of the Orangery still serves its original purpose, while the especially elegant front section is used for concerts and all kinds of festivities.
White-Gold Room
On selected dates, the concerts take place in the White-Gold Room, located in the main building of Schönbrunn Palace. In this intimate setting you can experience the musical performance up close!
We would like to inform you that there will be no ballet performance in the White-and-Gold-Room.
The White-Gold Room is situated on the ground floor of Schönbrunn Palace. With its white-and-gold-panelled walls and varying rocaille décor it is an outstanding example of Rococo craftsmanship from the era of Maria Theresa. During the restoration in the beginning of the 2000s, fragments of the original wooden flooring displaying an elaborate geometric pattern were discovered; the new floor was subsequently based on this historical model.
Example:
Part One - W.A.Mozart
Overtures
"Die Entführung aus dem Serail"
"Le Nozze di Figaro"
"Die Zauberflöte"
Duets
Papageno – Papagena: "Pa, pa"
Susanna - Figaro: "Cinque Dieci"
Don Giovanni - Zerlina: "La ci darem"
Zerlina - Leporello: " Per queste tue manine"
Symphonies
Symphony in A Major, K 201
Symphony No. 36 (Linzer), K 425
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K 550
Symphony No. 35 (Haffner), K 385
Symphony No. 38 (Prager), K 504
Baritone arias
of Don Giovanni: "Deh vieni alla finestra"
of Figaro: "Non più andrai, farfallone amorosa"
of Papageno: "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen"
Soprano arias
of Susanna: "Giunse al fin il momento"
of Sandrina: "Dove son"
Ballet music
"Die Zauberflöte", ballet music
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Menuetto
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Part Two - Strauss Family
Overtures
"Eine Nacht in Venedig"
"Die Fledermaus"
"Der Zigeunerbaron"
"Waldmeister"
Waltzes
Kaiserwalzer
Frühlingsstimmen
Wein, Weib und Gesang
Wiener Blut
Roses from the South
The blue Danube
Polkas, galops, marches
"Auf der Jagd" Polka schnell
"Im Krapfenwaldl" Polka francaise
"Champagnerpolka" Polka francaise
"Leichtes Blut" Polka schnell
"Èljen a magyar" Polka schnell
"Vergnügungszug" Polka schnell
"Tritsch Tratsch" Polka schnell
"Unter Donner und Blitz" Polka schnell
Duets
Duet Count - Countess: "Wiener Blut"
Duet Hanna - Danilo: "Lippen schweigen..."
Program subject to alterations
Confirmation (Voucher) will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability.
Please redeem your voucher at Orangery Schönbrunn (Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Vienna / 300m left of the main entrance of Schönbrunn Palace)
Free choice of seating in the selected category
Categories VIP, A, B and C refer to the front, middle and rear part of the concert hall. Dinner is the same for all categories.
Only Category VIP: a glass of sparkling wine or orange juice at our concert and one CD per person
Wheelchair accessible
01.04.-31.10.: Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra
01.11.-23.12. & 02.01.-31.03.: Schönbrunn Palace Ensemble
Christmas / New Year: Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra
On selected dates, the concerts take place in the Large Gallery or in the White-Gold Room directly in the Palace, in the Schönbrunn Palace Theatre or other concert halls in Vienna.
How to dress: there are no specific dress code requirements. An eclectic mix of visitors are often onsite at any given time, so guests dressed casually or formally are not likely to notably stand out. We recommend casual elegant attire.
