Vienna Philharmonic's Summer night Concert at Schönbrunn, Vienna 2016
© Wiener Philharmoniker | Richard Schuster
There are so many classical music concerts and opera taking place in Austria that there is always something for you, no matter what you enjoy - from the Vienna State Opera to the Salzburg Festival, from Strauß to Blasmusik, from Mozart to Schönberg. Check our calendar and use our event finder to discover concerts, opera or ballet performances in Austria; tonight, this weekend or the forthcoming month. Our latest reviews will let you know everything about what’s going on, providing you with a classical echo of irresistible and picturesque Austria.
Salzburg
© Tourismus Salzburg | Günter Breitegger
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Wachau
© Domäne Wachau
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InnsbruckBach Academy
Bach, Bach C.P.E.
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Bernhard Forck; Isabelle Faust
GrafeneggCzech Philharmonic and Truls Mork
Dvořák
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Tomáš Netopil; Truls Mørk
InnsbruckThe Roman Unrest, or The Noble-Minded Octavia
Keiser: Octavia
Jörg Halubek; Francois de Carpentries; Karine van Hercke; Suzanne Jérosme; Morgan Pearse
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Uchida plays to her strengths in Salzburg
On a warm summer's evening in Mozart's home city, Japanese master pianist Dame Mitsuko Uchida delivered a delicately crafted solo recital.
Netrebko triumphs as Aida
Muti's reading of the score is extraordinary, both for its sophistication and originality.
Skilfully constructed: Wozzeck at the Salzburg Festival
A skilfully constructed production, and one that plays with the our perspectives. Whether the images are flashbacks from a war-troubled Wozzeck or a Büchner-esque portent of the horrors to come is left for the audience to decide.
Socking the audience between the eyes
Youth was a hindrance rather than a virtue in this testosterone-driven performance which sought more than anything to sock the audience between the eyes
Evil triumphs beautifully in Monteverdi 450 Poppea
The final opera in Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi 450 trilogy features an excellent cast and inspires deep emotion.