The "Ring" is a mirror

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the four-part work at the Vienna State Opera for the first time. Michael Volle performs the role of Wotan/Wanderer.

InsideOpera - Experience opera differently

How does opera "work"? What does a costume director have to say? And how is a program created?

Timeless Beauty & Human Strength

"Kallirhoe" combines ancient love, drama and forgiveness - Alexei Ratmansky's first premiere under Alessandra Ferri.

Vague water

Jealousy, silence, water: why "Pelléas et Mélisande" is so irresistibly eerie.

When life and art intertwine

From the edge of the forest to the opera stage: how KS Sir Simon Keenlyside combines life and art.

Bird vs. Hiker

Three trombones and a lot of empathy - Koncz explains why Mozart's "Don Giovanni" gives him goosebumps.

Test Your Knowledge

On October 21, Georg Nigl's opera quiz will take place for the 3rd time at NEST. Topic this time: Beethoven and "Fidelio".

The Vienna State Opera mourns the loss of Kristin Okerlund

Regarding the unexpected death of an institution of the House.

Learning for Life?

Fiordiligi, Dorabella & Co: What remains when the curtain falls? Singers from "Così fan tutte" take personal stock.

For the Birthday of Luciano Pavarotti

From Modena to the hearts of the world: Luciano Pavarotti remains unforgotten.

A Lot of Questions

An inner conversation between the conductor Ivor Bolton and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.