Italian soprano Federica Lombardi stars in the titular role in Bellini’s 1831 masterpiece “Norma”. “Norma is always a milestone for a singer”, notes Federica Lombardi in an interview published on the ...

Hollywood star Fran Drescher, known from the cult series “The Nanny”, is coming to the Vienna Opera Ball 2026. Together with ...

Milan’s famed opera house is cracking down on the underdressed, even as it and other European opera companies try to attract a wider audience. By Amelia Nierenberg This was featured in live coverage.

The Vienna State Opera presents a new production of Richard Strauss’s beloved chamber opera starring the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen. When Richard Strauss’s long-term collaborator, the Austrian ...

Vienna (AFP) – No dress code, no stiff atmosphere and no entry fees: Thousands flocked to a Viennese park Sunday as the Vienna State Opera opened its 2025-26 season with a star-studded open-air gala ...

A prominent practitioner of the historically grand productions that were once fashionable at the Met, he was especially well known for his stagings of Wagner. By A.J. Goldmann Sophia Loren, Kim ...

Today, Swarovski unveils its much-anticipated tiara, the annual creation for the Vienna Opera Ball. Blending Austrian ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Frenchman Dominique Meyer has been named the new director of Vienna's famed State Opera, the Austrian government said on Wednesday. Meyer, now overseeing the Theatre des ...

February in Austria brings a mix of nationwide rule changes and local shifts, from higher tobacco taxes and new "mini-job" rules for some unemployed people to a key rule drivers in the country need to ...