Musikverein, the regular season

The best kept tip in the city is not on any poster: returned tickets. When someone cannot use a seat they hand it back and the house offers it again at the box office. Simply ask, even on the day itself. Add to that the evening box office, open from an hour before the start. […]

Wiener Konzerthaus, the regular season

For everyone under thirty: remaining tickets at twenty euro, available thirty minutes before the start at the Ticket and Service Center, with proof of age, for almost every concert the house presents itself. That is the best value in the city, and hardly any visitor knows about it. Pass it on. konzerthaus.at.

Vienna State Opera, the standing places

The State Opera is not a nightly concert for visitors, it is one of the great opera houses of the world, and it lets you in for the price of a coffee and a slice of cake. Standing tickets go on sale eighty minutes before the performance, at the entrance on the Operngasse corner. Bring […]

Spanish Riding School, if you would rather watch movement

Not a concert, but the most common mix-up in conversation. The performances in the winter riding hall of 1735 are accompanied by Viennese classical music, and that is where the connection ends. If you have to choose: the full performance is worth more than the morning exercise. Note that the building is listed and has […]