{"id":5985,"date":"2019-10-29T05:34:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:24:00","slug":"palais-auersperg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/palais-auersperg\/","title":{"rendered":"Palais Auersperg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/auerspergsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Young Mozart\" class=\"wp-image-20133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/auerspergsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/auerspergsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This beautiful building from the early 18th century once hosted works by Mozart when the ink on the sheet music had only just dried. Palais Auersperg remains one of Vienna&#8217;s baroque jewels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Originally built in 1710<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strong musical connections to the likes of Mozart and Gluck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Used as an event\/concert location in modern times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Auersperg\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert experience<\/a>* for Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/classical-concert\/\">Concert venues<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/baroque\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30588\">Baroque Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart\/\">Mozart locations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A baroque palace<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/palaisausperg.jpg\" alt=\"Palais Auersperg at night\" class=\"wp-image-46866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/palaisausperg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/palaisausperg-300x225.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\">(Queueing for a concert at the palais)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palais Auersperg began life around 1710 as Palais Rofrano. The change in name came about toward the end of the same century following the building&#8217;s purchase by Prince Johann Adam Auersperg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At one point, the palais fell into disrepair, but coffee magnate Alfred Weiss (subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/arabia-kohlmarkt-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"46689\">2022\/2023 exhibition<\/a> at the Jewish Museum) bought the premises in the mid-1900s and had them turned back into an architectural delight and society hotspot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the palais is one of many gorgeous historical buildings in Vienna not open to the public as such. At the time of writing, it serves as an event location.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/palaisauersperg1725.jpg\" alt=\"Palais Auersperg in 1725\" class=\"wp-image-58111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/palaisauersperg1725.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/palaisauersperg1725-300x185.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\">(Palais Rofrano as Palais Auersperg was then known, around 1725; drawn by Salomon Kleiner, engraved by Johann August Corvinus, and published by Johann Andreas d. \u00c4. Pfeffel; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 15694; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mozart, Gluck and WWII<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many city townhouses, Palais Auersperg played its particular part in Austrian history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth danced here, for example, and one of the leading groups in the Austrian freedom fighter movement met inside as World War II drew to a close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the music side, a former occupant &#8211;  Field Marshall Joseph von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1702 &#8211; 1787) &#8211; was a patron of Christoph Willibald Gluck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Field Marshall employed Gluck as Kapellmeister (musical director) for several years. And we know that in 1786, for example, Palais Auersperg hosted at least one performance of Mozart&#8217;s opera, <em>Idomeneo<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"1008299,1029872\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_Concerts1\"><\/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>We can&#8217;t be sure, but it seems likely that Mozart would have graced the occasion with his presence. It&#8217;s more certain, however, that he made alterations to the work specifically for the palais production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those were the days when formal concert venues like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/musikverein\/\">Musikverein<\/a> did not exist. Instead, musical performances often took place in the private homes of the rich and aristocratic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(A little like Beyonc\u00e9 penning a new song and then turning up at your house to give a rendition.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The names of one or two rooms reflect this musical connection. The Rosenkavaliersaal, for example: they say one of the main characters in Richard Strauss&#8217;s opera, <em>Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>, took its inspiration from the family who first built Palais Auersperg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And today?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The tradition of live classical music continues at the palais with regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/palais-auersperg-tickets-l222575?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Auersperg\" rel=\"sponsored\">Imperial Gala performances<\/a>* featuring musicians from the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, as well as singers and ballet dancers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gluckauersperg.jpg\" alt=\"Lithograph of Christoph Willibald Gluck\" class=\"wp-image-69207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gluckauersperg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gluckauersperg-300x225.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 lithograph of the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck by Rudolf Hoffmann, printed by Joseph Stoufs and published by F. Paterno around 1850\u20131860; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. W 2209; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tickets &amp; visitor tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, the palais is not open to the public outside of the (many) events within. The Imperial Gala Performances take place several times a week, depending on the season and also has the option to include dinner.<\/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-orientation=\"vertical\" data-venue-id=\"222575\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"AW_Auersperg\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more baroque architecture to view, have a look at my<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/baroque\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30588\"> introduction to the era<\/a>. The overview links to many Viennese palaces, townhouses and churches from that time period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to reach Palais Auersperg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The palais is quite central and very close to such sights as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/parlament\/\">parliament building<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/rathaus-2\/\">Rathaus<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/mq\/\">Museumsquartier<\/a> (so not hard to find).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: the nearest station is Volkstheater on the U2 and U3 lines. Take the station exit leading away from the city centre and walk up Museumstra\u00dfe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram\/bus: the Auerspergstra\u00dfe tram stop sits more or less at one end of the building and is served by the 46 tram line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Auerspergstra\u00dfe 1, 1080 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaisauersperg.events\/\">Website<\/a> (event location)<\/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>This beautiful building from the early 18th century once hosted works by Mozart when the ink on the sheet music had only just dried. Palais Auersperg remains one of Vienna&#8217;s baroque jewels. A baroque palace (Queueing for a concert at the palais) Palais Auersperg began life around 1710 as Palais Rofrano. 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