About the event
Duration: 4 hours
Highlights:
- Discover Austrian cuisine in Schönbrunn, in a selected restaurant near the concert venue
- Listen to a Mozart & Strauss concert at the historic Orangery Schönbrunn
- Admire the performances of opera singers and ballet dancers
Ticket information
- Mobile voucher by email
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the concert
- Best Price Guarantee
- No booking fees, tickets at face value
Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Vienna, Google Maps
How to get there:
Subway: U4 to Stadtpark station
The entrance to the Orangery Schönbrunn is located directly opposite of the metro station U4 „Schönbrunn” (300 meters left from the main gate to Schönbrunn Palace).
Restaurants
• Restaurant Tafelspitz, 4 min by foot from the concert hall, Google Maps
• Restaurant Joseph II, 2 min by foot from the concert hall, Google Maps
This package includes:
- 3-course dinner in restaurant Tafelspitz or restaurant Joseph II
- Mozart and Strauss concert at the Orangerie Schönbrunn
Your program for the evening:
18:30 Dinner starts
20:30 Concert starts
22:15 Concert ends
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.
From 1.November to 23.December and from 2. January to 31. March the concert will be performed by the Schönbrunn Chamber Ensemble, with reduced number of musicians.
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
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.
