Vienna MNICHOVO HRADIŠTĚ STAVOVSKÉ DIVADLO Kačina Litomyšl Český Krumlov Weitra (Vitoraz) Grein Theatre an der Wien Graz – SchauspielHAUS Graz – OPERA 200 Theater an der Wien The “Theater an der Wien” was commissioned by Emanuel Schikaneder, Mozart’s librettist and first Papageno, in 1801. For the next 200 years, it was the focus of the most important achievements in Austrian theatre. Beethoven’s Fidelio, Nestroy’s popular comedies with songs, the masterworks of the Golden and the Silver Operetta (e.g. The Bat by Strauß and The Merry Widow by Lehár) and finally the Austrian long-running musicals Elisabeth and Mozart – they all had their world premiere here. The auditorium presents itself in a design from around 1840, with a richly populated painted curtain from 1864. Since 2006, the “Theater an der Wien” has been dedicated to opera again, showing unusual opera productions all year round in a stagione system. Foto: Martina Novozámská, Doris Antony (CC BY-SA), IDU 100 50 150 400 300