8/6/2023 0 Comments Interior vienna opera house![]() ![]() For first timers, Lucia is a tuneful, knock-your-socks off melodrama. Knowing nothing about who is singing or directing, I would venture the following:ġ. Köztársaság tér 30, Tel: 333 0540, Box office open: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm (or until the start of the programme on performance nights), Metro: M2 Blaha Lujza tér It is the smaller and less splendid one, in a less central location, though still in the core of the city: The Budapest venue you mention is not the main opera house, whose qualities were extolled above. A pro for Vienna : on another thread, someone said recently that they now have the seat back sub titles in a choice of 4 languages. ![]() A con for Vienna : the opera house was largely destroyed in WW2, was rebuilt in the 1950s & the interior was quite plain & ugly IMO. My husband started off in German but when it got a bit difficult, the operator was able to switch to English. I think they were c.£30 each for good stalls seats. Tickets go on sale one calendar month in advance. We saw 'Tosca' sung in Italian with Hungarian surtitles but from what I've read on another thread recently, it seems that maybe Hungarian operas are surtitled in English.įor Vienna we booked in advance by phone. We just got the concierge of our hotel (not a posh hotel) to get us tickets for the same evening & they were very cheap - c.£9 each, I think. I agree the Budapest opera house is lovely - it's the old style with tiers of boxes all around, and very grand foyers and bars. ![]() I've been to the opera in Budapest & Vienna. ![]()
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