{"id":5608,"date":"2018-09-11T06:48:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T05:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:50:02","slug":"schonbrunn-classical-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/schonbrunn-classical-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sch\u00f6nbrunn classical concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"#tickets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/schonbrunnconcertticket.jpg\" alt=\"Concert poster\" class=\"wp-image-43752\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sometimes the &#8220;touristy&#8221; thing to do is more authentic than you might think, for example at a concert in Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace&#8217;s Orangery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gorgeous historic 18th-century venue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mozart &amp; Salieri played here<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Performances feature Strauss &amp; Mozart highlights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/schonbrunn-orangery-tickets-l145893\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_OrangeVenue\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert experience<\/a>* at the palace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look for possibly add ons like dinner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes shifts location to inside the palace itself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/classical-concert\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5359\">Classical music venues<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/palace-of-schonbrunn\/\">Sch\u00f6nbrunn palace overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/classical-concert-dress-code\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"75082\">What to wear to a concert<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The concert venue<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/orangerieparty.jpg\" alt=\"1785 party in the Orangerie\" class=\"wp-image-34943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/orangerieparty.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/orangerieparty-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A spring party on a winter&#8217;s day in the Sch\u00f6nbrunn Orangery on Feb 6th, 1785; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 179092, published by Johann Hieronymus L\u00f6schenkohl; reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around the mid-18th century, someone decided that what the massive Sch\u00f6nbrunn palace complex needed was a place to grow oranges (we&#8217;ve all felt the same at one time or another).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so they built the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/orangery-2\/\">Sch\u00f6nbrunn orangery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was no small greenhouse. Its glassed arches stretched along a length of 189m, for example. Given the beautiful vaulted interior and warmth, the Orangery also made a wonderful venue to hold parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, your average imperial party needed music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozart&#8217;s opera <em>The Impresario<\/em> (German: <em>Der Schauspieldirektor<\/em>) premiered, for example, at one such festivity, held by Emperor Joseph II in 1786 in honour of a visit from his sister Archduchess Marie Christine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antonio Salieri premiered his own opera <em>Prima la musica e poi le parole<\/em> at the same event. The double bill was at the instigation of the emperor as a kind of informal competition between the two composers. Salieri was declared the winner(!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"exp206741,exp238032\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_ConcTour\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Such arrangements were far from unusual. Historically, the nobility and aristocracy often put on musical events for private audiences in their Vienna homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beethoven&#8217;s 3rd symphony, for example, premiered at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/palais-lobkowitz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26020\">palatial townhouse<\/a> of Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz. This was in the days before Vienna had such major public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/classical-concert\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5359\">concert venues<\/a> as the Konzerthaus or Musikverein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The music<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward almost 250 years and one enterprising company has reestablished this in-house concert tradition at the Sch\u00f6nbrunn home of the imperial Habsburg family: Mozart&#8217;s music drifts across the (fully-restored) Orangery once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerts typically feature highlights from Mozart&#8217;s repertoire of operatic and other compositions, followed by the best that the Strauss dynasty has to offer&#8230;all performed by the Schloss Sch\u00f6nbrunn orchestra or ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Tickets &amp; visitor tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchase your tickets and packages for the Sch\u00f6nbrunn orangery concerts on site or online from specialist ticket providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that on rare occasions, the concert shifts to alternative historical rooms in the palace itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Booking service provided by Tiqets.com*, who I am an affiliate of)<\/p><div data-tiqets-widget=\"availability\" data-layout=\"full\" data-venue-id=\"145893\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"AW_OrangeVenue\"><\/div><script defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Nothing on your dates? Try some <a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=MSconcerts\">alternative concerts<\/a>*)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Packages on offer can also include adding dinner or an evening tour of the palace to your concert ticket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concert venue also makes a convenient option in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/weather\/rain\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"84891\">bad weather<\/a>, since it&#8217;s close to a subway station (see the travel tips below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, if you&#8217;re concerned about what to wear on such an occasion, I have some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/classical-concert-dress-code\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"75082\">tips for you<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">While you&#8217;re there&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The palace complex also offers much more than a historical concert venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/tour\/\">palace tour<\/a>: an appropriate tour also takes you into the room where Mozart (probably) performed for Empress Maria Theresa when he was but a mere child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from the tour, you have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/gardens-park\/\">gardens and park<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/palace-of-schonbrunn\/vienna-zoo\/\">zoo<\/a>, and a whole host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/palace-of-schonbrunn\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1672\">other sights and entertainments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can make a day of it there; start with a slice of cake for breakfast and end with a slice of musical culture in the Orangery&#8230;and possibly another slice of cake, because why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Sch\u00f6nbrunn does have another concert option for you, which happens to be free to attend. Unfortunately, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/summer-night-concert\/\">summer night concert<\/a> by the world-famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra only takes place once a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the venue<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>See the detailed article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/gettingthere\/\">How to get to Sch\u00f6nbrunn<\/a>. Reaching the venue is remarkably easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you leave the subway at the U4 station called Sch\u00f6nbrunn (the clue is in the name), take the western exit, which is the direction of the train if you&#8217;re coming from the centre of town. You come out pretty much opposite the Orangery entrance, which is on the other side of the main road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Sch\u00f6nbrunner Schlossstra\u00dfe 47, 1130 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagevienna.com\/de\/schloss-schoenbrunn-konzerte-wien.html\">Website<\/a> (for concerts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1BrCYLfHiiy85k0jpzDwlKspb31KiYq4Y\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Light classical music concerts in the 18th-century palace orangery, where Mozart once performed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5608"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87947,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608\/revisions\/87947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}