CATT am 5/12/2025 in Wien

Everyone has experienced it, many are. Many want it, few for long. Mickie sings about it and Han is named so. SOLO. For the first time it has also caught Paulus: After two groundbreaking programs with his congenial brother, he has to go it alone this time. He uses this opportunity to reflect on what he has experienced, especially for all the seekers out there: Dates. The most frequently targeted minefield of this world. Based on five survived Tinder dates, mistakes, red flags, and especially one's own past are examined. From the Opera Ball with DJ Ötzi to the excesses of the graduation trip, all the stories told during these meetings are now collected on stage. Is this a good idea?

Salzburg

6/20/2025
7:30 PM

Tickets

from € 35.50

Altstadt-Rundgang - Deutsch

Graz seduces you - narrow alleys, imposing buildings, and modern architecture. Enjoy a leisurely walk through one of the most fascinating old towns in Europe, which is young, cheeky, and innovative at the same time.

Graz

6/20/2025
10:30 AM

Tickets

from € 16.00

Symposium: Revolutionary Love - Kombipreis 35 Euro

Wien

6/20/2025
4:00 PM

Tickets

FINK

A creative rebirth, a reset to factory settings, a return to the roots... and ten damn good songs. Fink's eighth album BEAUTY IN YOUR WAKE (R’COUP’D) is all of that. Recorded in a chapel in Cornwall over the course of 30 days in autumn 2023, the album distills Fink's sound to its essential elements: subtle soundscapes, rumbling bass, choppy, rhythmic plucked guitars, and driving drum sounds, while the powerful voice of singer-songwriter Fin Greenall invokes a deep emotional core. The result is Fink's most engaging and inclusive album in years – from the energetic opener WHAT WOULD YOU CALL YOURSELF to the dramatic BE FOREVER LIKE A CURSE to the inviting and catchy groove of ONE LAST GIFT, this is a collection of songs to dive into and enjoy.

Produced by Grammy winner Sam O’Kell (famous for his work with the Beatles catalog and the GET BACK documentary), the album sounds, simply put, incredible – intense and light, hypnotic and refreshing at the same time.

Fink is, of course, excited to present the album live to their beloved international audience, wanting to maintain their unfiltered approach: “We’re back to the original trio and we’re gonna let the songs do all the lift, so we just kind of surf the songs.”

At the end of March, they announced an extensive European tour – their first tour since 2019 and the first leg of a massive world tour through North and South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. A rebirth, a reset to factory settings, a return to the roots – the stage – where Fink and their songs naturally shine.

Dornbirn

6/20/2025
7:30 PM

Tickets

from € 49.90

La Gouineraie - Rébecca Chaillon & Sandra Calderan

Wien

6/20/2025
8:00 PM

Tickets

from € 30.50

Symposium: Revolutionary Love - Tageskarte 20.6.

Wien

6/20/2025
4:00 PM

Tickets

from € 22.50

DINOLAND - Timeslot-Ticket

From March 29, the dinosaurs are back at Schloss Katzenberg! Now in its fourth season, DINOLAND has established its permanent location in the castle park and has become an absolute crowd puller with several hundred thousand guests in recent years, as well as a fixed feature in the leisure offerings of the Innviertel! The almost 100 displayed dinosaur stars have been the favorites of visitors since the very first moment, but the adventure offerings of the large family park are also impressive: climbing, balancing, and crawling courses, a maze, Dinodrom and Dino-Rides, a research camp, and much more turn the educational path through the castle park into a true action experience! New dinosaurs will bring fresh wind to the upcoming season, and starting in May, there will be a special surprise attraction! In the summer, DINOLAND will also feature a XXL slide leading to a water paradise!

In DINOLAND, visitors can delve into the mysterious past of our planet in a beautiful forest and meadow area covering 40,000 square meters! During their exploration tour through the expansive research grounds, they embark on an adventurous journey back to a long-gone geological era over 200 million years ago, with realistic dinosaurs, skeletons, and fossils. Visitors will come face to face with impressive giants like the Tyrannosaurus Rex or the Triceratops, not to mention the Stegosaurus, to name just a few of the most famous reptiles. They all tell interesting stories and will excite both young and old explorers! All models were crafted authentically under scientific guidance. Some of them can even move convincingly and make sounds, thanks to intricate animatronics.

Interactive and Educational
DINOLAND has created a unique prehistoric classroom where interactive children's areas invite discovery, touch, and experimentation. Instead of a dusty museum, children and their parents can explore the fascinating world of the prehistoric giants and their era in the beautiful surroundings of Schloss Katzenberg. In addition to the impressive exhibits, the adventure park offers a diverse and extraordinary participation program for all ages. In the Dinodrom, little visitors can ride around on dino scooters, sit on life-sized dinosaurs while dino riding, and win a personalized research pass in the Dino rally. Exciting and educational is the sifting for treasures and unearthing fossils in the research camp, where children become amateur archaeologists!

In addition, there are numerous challenging climbing and crawling facilities, giant slides, an enchanted labyrinth, thrilling balancing paths, a flying fox that allows one to glide from tree to tree on a rope, and the DINOLAND water playground! This water-based play paradise is not only a huge fun factor for little water lovers, but it also has an excellent educational concept behind it! Drinking water fountains for humans and dogs provide free cooling on hot days, a gold panning facility, and new fossil rocks for the research camp make the excursion exciting and thrilling.

Visitors should definitely plan at least three hours for the roughly one-kilometer circular path! All attractions except the Dino-Rides and the gold panning facility are included in the entrance price. Children under four years old have free admission.

Kirchdorf Am Inn

Dive into the musical world of the historic city of Salzburg. Experience piano music, especially by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other great composers of the Classical and Romantic periods.

Salzburg

6/20/2025
3:00 PM

Tickets

from € 24.00

Ingo Vogl - G'sundheit

Hof Bei Salzburg

German by Daniel Kehlmann

The poor boy. Baptized and circumcised in the same week, what can one expect?
Grandmother Emilia

"Losing his name in the family album is like a second death," it says at the beginning of Leopoldstadt, and it seems to be the monumental new play by Tom Stoppard's task to write against this second death:

Named after Vienna's second district, formerly a Jewish quarter and now home to countless embedded memorial stones, Leopoldstadt tells the story of the bourgeois Merz family over four generations. Stoppard traces the family's fate from 1899 to 1955 and, due to historical circumstances, turns the world of the Merz family upside down not just once. The turbulent destiny of the textile manufacturing dynasty seems to be directly interwoven with Austria's ominous history.

In his most personal play to date, the great English playwright Sir Tom Stoppard confronts his Jewish roots in a late exploration.

approx. 3 hours (intermission after approx. 90 minutes)

Wien

6/20/2025
7:30 PM

Tickets

from € 13.90

Faust - Nach Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Assuming FAUST is a woman. A successful and intelligent woman who has achieved everything in her career and is now questioning the meaning of life. How should I live? How should I love? The historical tragedy thus becomes the matrix for a review and performative deconstruction of female life concepts in patriarchal realities. What does it mean when a woman despairs of life and makes a pact with the devil? What does it mean when Gretchen is a man and Faust pressures him with his claims of ownership? With these contemporary questions, the audience is to be confronted and offered a modern perspective on the traditional material.

Klagenfurt

6/20/2025
8:30 PM

Tickets

from € 25.00

Destroy Vienna Fest 2025 - Festival Pass

Wien

6/20/2025
5:00 PM

Tickets

from € 75.00

Nathan Laube | Orgelkonzert

The renowned organist Nathan Laube from Rochester (USA) will perform on the Walcker organ in the Votivkirche.

Experience pure organ music – live and unplugged in perfect harmony with atmospheric, selected light elements.

All concerts in this series will be projected as a multi-camera live production on a 5x3 meter screen. This technology allows for a dynamic and versatile representation of the events, using various camera perspectives. This way, the audience can experience every expression as well as the finger, hand, and foot movements of the organists in real-time.

In the impressive, newly renovated Votivkirche, you can expect a unique experience for your senses.

The concert series "Orgelklang Votivkirche" offers four outstanding organ concerts in June 2025 in the Votivkirche Vienna. Renowned organists will present works by famous composers such as Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bach, Liszt, and Bruckner. The initiative comes from the association "Freunde der Walcker-Orgel," which is dedicated to the preservation of the Walcker organ and the promotion of organ music.

The Walcker organ of the Votivkirche was built in 1878 by the renowned organ-building company Walcker. Its tonal variety makes it a significant concert and church instrument.

Wien

6/20/2025
8:00 PM

Tickets

from € 25.00

Keltenfestival 2025 - Freitag, 20. Juni

Celebrate like the ancient Celts - you can do that at the Keltenfestival in Schwarzenbach in the Bucklige Welt. The festival offers its visitors more leisure activities from year to year, both on a cultural level and in a culinary sense. The open-air museum will once again be animated by Celtic reenactment groups during the event, providing an authentic insight into the life of the Celts. A comprehensive program is available for both large and small visitors on the festival grounds:

Program on all 3 days:
- Workshops
- Live music
- Celtic market
- Petting zoo
- Celtic dishes
- Archery
- Pottery
- Celtic braids
- Bagpipers
- Drummers
- and much more!

Schwarzenbach

Voice Killer
Miroslav Srnka

Opera based on a true story
Libretto by Tom Holloway
Commissioned work of MusikTheater an der Wien
Premiere

Conductor - Finnegan Downie Dear
Direction - Stefan Herheim
Set design - Silke Bauer
Costume design - Ursula Kudrna
Lighting - Franz Tscheck
Dramaturgy - Kai Weßler

Private - Seth Carico
Gallo - Julian Hubbard
Ivy/McGuffie - Caroline Wettergreen
Pauline/Military Cop - Holly Flack
Gladys/Eddie’s Lawyer - Nadja Stefanoff

Klangforum Wien

How close do we come to a person through their voice? A true criminal case about a soldier at a US base in Australia during World War II is the starting point of the opera Voice Killer composed by the Czech composer Miroslav Srnka for MusikTheater an der Wien. Obsessed with the voice of his mother, who sang children's songs to him, this soldier unsuccessfully sought her in women he happened to encounter. Three Australian women fell victim to the mentally ill serial killer before he was caught. Srnka and his librettist Tom Holloway, whose operas South Pole, Singularity, and Make No Noise premiered at the Bavarian State Opera, are particularly interested in the women who were targeted by the perpetrator solely because of their voices. Following the schizophrenic stream of consciousness of the main character, they transform the criminal case into a series of events where time frames and locations constantly shift. Each murder triggers a new level of escalation, until the events spiral out of control, with the arrest, trial, and execution coinciding and the perpetrator's victims becoming his defenders.

In English with German and English surtitles

Introduction 30 minutes before each performance

Premiere: June 13, 2025, 7:00 PM
Dates: June 16, 18, 20, 23, 7:00 PM
Introduction matinee: June 1, 11:00 AM

at Theater an der Wien

Wien

Isacco
Marianna Martines

Oratorio in two parts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio

Conductor - Chiara Cattani
Direction and Costume - Eva-Maria Höckmayr
Set and Costume - Fabian Liszt
Lighting - Karl Wiedemann
Dramaturgy - Andri Hardmeier

Abramo - Christian Senn
Isacco - Dennis Orellana
Sara - Sophie Gordeladze
Angelo - Andjela Spaić*

Bach Consort Wien

*CAMPUS cooperation of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Marianna Martines was considered a prodigy who could sing arias, play the harpsichord, and compose. Supported by the Viennese court poet Metastasio, she studied under Joseph Haydn and Nicola Porpora, hosted Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in her salon, performed for Maria Theresa, and chose not to marry in order to fully dedicate herself to music. However, a woman as talented and successful as she was not long-term accepted in cultural history, and her once illustrious name became a footnote in the music world. To this day, performances of her works are rare. One of her most important compositions is the oratorio Isacco figura del redentore (Isaac, Prototype of the Redeemer) from 1782, in which she paid tribute to her great mentor Metastasio, who had passed away shortly before the premiere and had written the libretto over 40 years earlier. This work stands out for its psychologically intricate plot, compelling recitatives, and grand coloratura arias. The storyline is based on the Book of Genesis: an angel commands Abraham in God's name to sacrifice his son Isaac. The father obediently leads his son to an altar of sacrifice, but just as he is about to strike the fatal blow, God intervenes and spares the human sacrifice. Director Eva-Maria Höckmayr will make her Viennese debut with this production.

Performed in Italian with German and English surtitles

Introduction to the work 30 minutes before each performance

Premiere: June 5, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Dates: June 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26 at 7 p.m.
Introduction matinee: May 25 at 11 a.m.

at the Kammeroper

Wien

6/20/2025
7:00 PM

Tickets

from € 20.00

The Rock'n'Roll Story - The Greatest Hits of the Good Old Days

Embark on a musical journey with 'The Rock 'n' Roll Story - The Greatest Hits of the Good Old Days'! Experience the legendary hits and the electrifying energy of the golden era of rock 'n' roll, presented in an unparalleled way by DENNIS JALE, STELLA JONES, and the band SAM’s FEVER. Let your hips sway to the timeless classics and feel the unforgettable atmosphere of days gone by come back to life. Immerse yourself in the nostalgia and spirit of an era that forever changed the music world!

Latschach

6/20/2025
8:00 PM

Tickets

from € 69.90

Schlagerbooom Open Air 2025 - 1. Aufzeichnung

Kitzbühel

This is how they are known and loved all over the world: 24 boys in sailor suits and their conductor show that music is the international language of emotions. In the MuTh, the world-famous Vienna Boys' Choir showcase their skills: With vigor and charm, with Haydn and Mozart, Schubert and Strauss, with world music and pop music, they take their audience on a journey through music history. They also serve anecdotes from their more than 525-year history.

Choral music from six centuries

Wien

The Sommernachtsgala 2025 promises to be particularly glamorous, as the century pianist and festival director Rudolf Buchbinder will also be participating. For Michael Spyres, the celebrated tenor star of all classes, including Bayreuth experience, the combination of flawless top notes and subtle, intelligent phrasing is a matter of course. It goes without saying that he not only receives enthusiastic reviews but also wins the hearts of the audience. The same is true for Grafenegg debutante Siphokazi Molteno: The South African mezzo-soprano has already become a true favorite among audiences in the early years of her career at the New York Metropolitan Opera and will also enchant the guests at the Wolkenturm. Fabien Gabel simultaneously gives his inaugural concert as chief conductor with his first Sommernachtsgala at the podium of the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich: Together they will shape the coming years in Grafenegg in diverse ways.

Cast

Orchestra
Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich

Mezzo-soprano
Siphokazi Molteno

Tenor
Michael Spyres

Piano
Rudolf Buchbinder

Conductor
Fabien Gabel

Program

Gala program for the beginning of summer

Grafenegg

6/20/2025
8:15 PM

Tickets

from € 11.20

The Grief of Red Granny - Gorges Ocloo

Wien

6/20/2025
8:00 PM

Tickets

from € 30.50

Borda - Lia Rodrigues

Wien

6/20/2025
7:30 PM

Tickets

from € 17.00

Uli Jon Roth - Scorpions revisited

We are in the year 1974 - Fly to the Rainbow by the Scorpions is released and along with it - Uli Jon Roth - followed by In Trance, Virgin Killer, Taken by Force and the incredible Tokyo Tapes - the rest is rock history. Uli's work and creations are too numerous to list - all the more we are thrilled to welcome this living legend to Röda. Don’t miss this opportunity for a unique Early Scorpions Set, chances like this won’t come again!

Free entry under 18 years!

Steyr

The handsome nobleman Orlando enjoys high esteem at the English court of Queen Elizabeth I. Soon, however, the young man becomes tired of the royal façade of the 16th century and asks to be transferred to Constantinople. There, he falls into a several-day slumber, waking up transformed into a woman. From then on, Orlando lives with the same identity in a feminine body and faces the changed expectations of those around her. But Orlando defies rigid conventions and gender roles. She remains eternally young, experiences four centuries and the quirks of different epochs. She enjoys encounters with historical literary figures and savors with infinite zest for life, lightness, and curiosity everything that her magical life and fellow human beings have to offer.

The British author Virginia Woolf portrays Orlando's life as a dazzlingly humorous, fictional biography. It is the story of a fantastic existence that joyfully abandons societal norms in favor of self-determination.

Innsbruck

6/20/2025
8:00 PM

Tickets

from € 36.25

Die Teufelsdirn - Theaterrunde-Volksbühne St. Josef

St. Josef

6/20/2025
8:30 PM

Tickets

from € 17.00

Salvador Dalí Exhibition - Timeslot Tickets

Salvador Dalí Exhibition - until October 12, 2025, at the Wiener Stadthalle (Studio F)

This comprehensive exhibition will be on display in Vienna from May 2025 to October 2025 and is dedicated to the century artist who is hardly comparable to any other artistic personality of the 20th century. Over 150 works from the renowned Dalí Universe Collection will be showcased, including bronze sculptures, glass paste objects, gilded trinkets, surrealist furniture, and artist-signed graphics. Works from this collection have already been exhibited in over one hundred significant museums and exhibition houses around the world and have been seen by more than twelve million people. The presentation opens new perspectives on a Dalí who, beyond his famous paintings, also acted as a multidisciplinary sculptor, illustrator, and thinker.

“Painting is an infinitely small part of my personality.”
– Salvador Dalí

Dalí was not only a painter – he was a multifaceted artist in the truest sense of the word: an icon of surrealism, alchemist of form, and virtuoso of design. His forms of expression ranged from painting, sculpture, and literature to furniture art, jewelry design, and even advertising – always with his own signature oscillating between excess, irony, and deep symbolism.

The works, most of which will be shown in Vienna for the first time, come from the private collection of Beniamino Levi, one of the most significant collectors of Dalí and founder of the "Dalí Universe". Over five decades, this has grown into one of the world's most comprehensive collections of three-dimensional Dalí works.

In Focus: Dalí in the Third Dimension

The exhibition allows an insight into the side of Dalí that often stands in the shadow of his paintings – his sculptural imagination. Sculptures and objects where the surreal play with transformation unfolds its full magic. Works made of gold, radiant glass paste, and iconic furniture design reflect the essence of that spirit known from his paintings – yet cast into new materials.

Dalí was influenced by the masters of the Renaissance, passionately interested in science, mythology, and religion. His paranoid-critical approach led to works full of double meanings, hidden messages, and intentional distortions. Dalí explored the unconscious, negotiated his fears, his obsessions, his sexuality – and transformed them into lasting imagery. Particularly exciting are the illustrations for the series “Moses and Monotheism” – with texts by Sigmund Freud, who significantly influenced Dalí. The application of psychoanalytic theories creates a fascinating interplay of psychology, religion, and surrealist art – for example, in the sculpture “St. George and the Dragon”, a central Christian narrative that Dalí presents as a surreal interpretation of the eternal struggle between good and evil.

The sculpture Hommage à Terpsichore occupies a prominent place in the exhibition. Terpsichore, one of the nine muses of Greek mythology, was regarded as the goddess of dance and choirs. Her appearance in the Wiener Stadthalle is more than just symbolic: she embodies movement and rhythm – central elements in Dalí's work that run like a red thread through his creations.

Some of Dalí's most iconic paintings were transformed by him into sculptural forms – including "Atavistic Ruins After the Rain" and "Mannequin Javanais" (1969). The sculpture "Toreador Halluciné," on the other hand, consists of seemingly unrelated objects that acquire new, surreal meaning in interaction.

A lesser-known but central aspect of Dalí's work is his collection of etchings and lithographs, which reflect his engagement with literature. His surreal interpretation ranges from classics like Much Ado About Shakespeare (1968) to the provocative and scandal-ridden texts of the Marquis de Sade (1969) – sometimes playful, sometimes disturbing, always profound.

The theme of time, which occupied and fascinated him throughout his life, finds expression in sculptures like Profile of Time and Woman of Time. The famous "melting clocks," for which Dalí is world-renowned, first appeared in his painting The Persistence of Memory (1931). Dalí's attitude towards time, the "guardian of lifespan," is evident in these works: His clocks are often melting, a type of symbolism he used for objects he despised. The omnipresence of time and the transience of youth are emblematically stripped bare by these liquefied clocks. Dalí's understanding of time is no longer rigid and mechanical – but fluid, stretchy, and open to individual meanings.

The exhibition provides insight into Dalí's creative diversity and the range of materials he used – including collaboration with the renowned French glass manufacturer Daum Cristallerie. Dalí regarded glass paste as the ideal medium for depicting "metamorphoses." The gilded objects are extravagant creations made from coins shaped into fantastic ornaments – adorned with the visage of the artist himself and his muse and wife Gala. All these works address the transition from liquid to solid, from the soft to the enduring – a transformation that always fascinated Dalí.

Dalí's interest in furniture design left an icon in the design world: the unmistakable Mae West Lip Sofa.

Virtual Reality – Experience Art with All Senses

As a special highlight, visitors on-site have the opportunity to dive even deeper into Dalí's world in an immersive VR experience. A 360-degree journey into the mind of a spirit whose imagination knew no bounds.

A Universe of Fantasy in Vienna

This exhibition is an artistic maze – a sensory journey through a work that does not separate dream from reality but lets them flow into each other. Each room is an invitation into a world full of possibilities: fascinating, enigmatic, sometimes humorous, often deeply moving.

This exhibition does not display original paintings by Salvador Dalí – but rather rarely shown sculptures, objects, and graphics from the internationally renowned Dalí Universe Collection.

What you see here is not the "Dalí of museums," but that Dalí who is experienced as a designer, thinker, and friend of collectors. Or as Dalí himself would have said: “The original is just the beginning – I am the end.”

Wien

6/20/2025
10:00 AM

Tickets

from € 23.00

Mein Freund Harvey

Wien

6/20/2025
8:00 PM

Tickets

from € 43.20

Mario Berger - Guitarras Mágicas

As a guitarist and composer, Mario Berger has significantly shaped the history of "Austropop," starting from Hallucination Company through the chart-topping ensemble Espresso he co-founded, to – and above all – his time with Rainhard Fendrich, Wolfgang Ambros, and Georg Danzer, to whom he contributed his internationally acclaimed string work, both live and in the studio. Long admired on the electric guitar, Berger returned to the acoustic versions of this instrument in 1998 and has since been touring with numerous original programs, including the Mediterranean-influenced "Sentimento," celebrated by audiences and critics alike since 2017.

Mario Berger and his guitars: this is a captivating story of its own. When he speaks about them, his eyes light up; when he plays, it seems as if the instrument and the instrumentalist merge together. Each of his string instruments seems to have its own personality, with which Berger communicates congenially. The desire to document this complexity of the guitars also led to the new program. One man, five guitars, and a sound cosmos that inspires wonder! Ranging from acoustic to electric, from Dobro to Stratocaster to ukulele, from Renaissance to salsa and Hawaii, from Bach to Beethoven to Santana, Jimi Hendrix, or John McLaughlin/Paco De Lucia/Al Di Meola. A highly personal mixture that has not existed before. Mario Berger and his instrumental friends move effortlessly between styles, centuries, generations, and regions. What some may perceive on paper as contradiction or opposition, Mario Berger counteracts with a natural, organic boundlessness. The "red thread" is himself. Berger brings a rarely seen empathy to his music, which he seemingly effortlessly conveys to the audience. Like a painter, he unfolds soundscapes that one can surrender to without reservation and into which one can fall, like into the warming colors of a Claude Monet. Longing and fulfillment in one.

The immense virtuosity of Mario Berger is, however, always "only" a means to an end in his programs and never serves self-promotion. Hardly does Berger set the strings in motion when a playful smile begins to form at the corners of his mouth; with closed eyes, one might – rightly – imagine him floating in his own sound cosmos. "Light and Water" is offered as well as "Jazz in the Attic," with Django Reinhardt being honored alongside Billy Joel or the aforementioned Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix. Berger poses the question of how Beethoven might have sounded as a Spanish jazz guitarist, and he answers this question himself with a fascinating homage to "Für Elise." Then again, the guitarist, composer, and singer muses about what might have been in his tea – Rainhard Fendrich's and Mario Berger's adaptation of Lovin' Spoonful's 1966 classic "What a Day for a Daydream," which becomes "Wos woa do in dem Tee drin?" Finally, the master transports us to Hawaii and has also appropriated the local language for this purpose.

With "Guitarras Magicas," Mario Berger embeds the special fascination of the guitar into the universal fascination of music. Without any clichés, without fear of contact, without blinders, but with immense emotional dedication and love.

Maria Anzbach

Singspiel in three acts freely based on the play by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg by Hans Müller and Erik Charell, song texts by Robert Gilbert

Music by Ralph Benatzky with six musical interludes by Robert Gilbert, Bruno Granichstaedten, and Robert Stolz
In German with German surtitles

«When it really rains here, then it rains.» Where exactly? Of course: at Lake Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut, where the busy landlady Josepha runs a illustrious hotel pension. In the high season, God and the world gather here, factory owners from Berlin, beautiful Sigismunds, clever daughters from good homes – and even the old Emperor Franz Joseph has been said to have been seen here. It goes without saying that in the colorful hustle and bustle, a few love affairs develop. But until all pairs have sorted themselves out to their hearts' content in the end, and even the waiter Leopold is allowed to rejoice in his dismissal, a lot of things go topsy-turvy. As in any good operetta, the only thing that helps is: champagne!

The Austrian singer, actress, and director Ruth Brauer-Kvam makes her directing debut at the Tyrolean State Theatre with Ralph Benatzky's successful operetta from 1930, bringing to life a splendid ensemble of holiday-drunk hotel guests with a lot of imagination, energy, and a healthy dose of humor. Whether waltz, love song, or polka, in the best case scenario, it's Ladies' Choice!

Musical direction TBA
Director Ruth Brauer-Kvam
Set design Monika Rovan
Costumes Alfred Mayerhofer
Choreography Damian Czarnecki
Dramaturgy TBA

Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck

Innsbruck

6/20/2025
7:30 PM

Tickets

from € 22.50

Kulinarischer Bier-Rundgang

Taste exquisite beers, enjoy local delicacies, and immerse yourself in the cozy atmosphere of Graz's pubs. Exciting anecdotes provide the perfect seasoning. An unforgettable experience for all beer lovers!

Graz

The world-famous performances of the Lipizzaner horses - the "Ballet of the White Stallions" - take place in the magnificent baroque Winter Riding School, built from 1729 to 1735 under Karl VI, at the Hofburg: in the most beautiful riding hall in the world!

The performances are the result of years of training and intensive work by the riders and their Lipizzaner horses. The spirited young stallions enchant the audience as much as the already fully trained school stallions, who showcase themselves in the school quadrille, during the schools on and above the ground, in the Pas de Deux, and on the Long Rein.

Enjoy the wonderful performance of the riders and their Lipizzaner horses in this atmosphere, accompanied by classical Viennese music!

Wien

6/20/2025
7:00 PM

Tickets

from € 32.50

Davon geht die Welt nicht unter - arc en ciel

Salzburg

The young Karl Roßmann is sent across the Atlantic to make a scandal forgettable. His flight results in a physical and emotional journey through an idealized, ultimately unreachable America.

With his novel fragment Amerika (later published under the title Der Verschollene), Kafka created a counterproposal to the prevailing legends of the American Dream and its promises: Instead of individual social ascent, which supposedly should be open to anyone hardworking, Karl experiences a continuous decline, encountering a world full of misunderstandings and alienation in his search for identity and belonging, where dreams and hopes shatter against the confrontation with reality.

Karl's encounters and experiences thus open the door to a deep exploration of themes such as autonomy, control, and the illusion of freedom in a society dominated by hierarchies and rigid structures.

Bregenz

6/20/2025
7:30 PM

Tickets

from € 17.00

Stand up paddling by night with light

"Stand up paddling by night with light"

Join us for our evening outing with a lit SUP board and experience the sunset on the Alte Donau in a different way. After a long workday, we will relax together during a cozy round on the boards. With a bit of luck, you might spot the animal inhabitants at dusk. After covering half the distance, we will treat ourselves to a refreshing drink on the boards before making our way back.

Procedure:
Timely meeting at our SUP location at least 15 minutes before departure (Florian Berndl Gasse 1a, corner of Wagramerstraße 50), where you can change and lock away your valuables. Please bring a towel and a water bottle. After a short briefing, everyone will receive their SUP board with light and paddle. Together we will then head to the water and paddle towards the sunset.
Duration:
approx. 2.30h
If needed, we have a life jacket for you.
EXPERIENCE in stand up paddling IS NOT REQUIRED!!
YOU CAN ALSO RIDE WITH US SITTING DOWN!
ONLY FOR SWIMMERS!

Wien

6/20/2025
8:45 PM

Tickets

from € 57.50

42. Donauinselfest #DIF25

Save the Date: The 42nd Donauinselfest takes place from June 20 to June 22, 2025.

No summer feeling without the Donauinselfest!

First details about #dif25 will be announced before the end of the year!
Media representatives can subscribe to the press distribution list via presse@donauinselfest.at. DIF fans will be kept updated via www.donauinselfest.at and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok .

The complete line-up will follow in May.

Matthias Friedrich, Managing Director of the Pro Event Team for Vienna and Project Manager of the Donauinselfest: “The discussions and planning for the upcoming Donauinselfest 2025 are already in full swing. We have quite a bit planned again to give our visitors a great time on the island. There will be something for every generation and every taste in music!”

The Donauinselfest
The Vienna Donauinselfest is the largest open-air festival in Europe with free admission. For over 40 years, visitors have been offered a high-quality music, action, and fun program, as well as a comprehensive information and service offering on the Danube Island. The festival has always stood for social cohesion, an affordable and modern Vienna, and respectful interaction with one another.

The Presenting Partners of the Donauinselfest 2024: Wien Energie, UniCredit Bank Austria, OBI, Wiener Städtische Versicherung, Österreichische Lotterien, and Wien Holding.

#dif24 in numbers:
The Donauinselfest offers you a diverse and creative platform to impressively showcase brands!

The overall BEST advertising value of the Donauinselfest 2024 was €173,882,851.65. The 41st Donauinselfest generated a calculatory BEST media value of €113,689,590.79 during the public relations period (February – July 2024) and resulted in a total of 1,494,952,690 potential contact opportunities across various media.