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When Vienna’s Opera Tradition Got Too Traditional, They Stepped In

Bogdan Roscic and Lotte de Beer are shaking the dust off Vienna’s two biggest repertory companies.

By Joshua Barone

Art Collectors and Collections Holocaust and the Nazi Era im Kinsky Klimt, Gustav Vienna (Austria) World War II (1939-45)

Long-Lost Klimt Painting Sells for $37 Million at Auction

The portrait was left unfinished in the painter’s studio when he died, and questions persist over the identity of the subject and what happened to the painting during Nazi rule in Austria.

By Scott Reyburn

Classical Music Currentzis, Teodor I International Relations Lyniv, Oksana MusicAeterna Rau, Milo Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Vienna (Austria) Wiener Festwochen

Performance by Maestro With Russian Ties Is Canceled in Vienna

A Teodor Currentzis concert at the Wiener Festwochen was canceled after the Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv, also on the program, raised concerns about his ties to Russia.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Berlin (Germany) Classical Music Culture (Arts) Die Fledermaus (Opera) Eastern Europe Katya Kabanova (Opera) Komische Oper Berlin Munich (Germany) Opera Prague (Czech Republic) Smetana, Bedrich (1824-84) Staatsoper Unter den Linden Strauss, Johann Jr Vienna (Austria) Vienna Philharmonic Volksoper (Vienna, Austria) Welser-Most, Franz West Side Story (Play) Wiener Konzerthaus Winter (Season)

Musical Performances to See in Europe This Winter

Concert halls and opera houses in Vienna, Berlin and beyond are offering fan favorites (“Die Fledermaus”) and surprises (an operatic “Animal Farm”).

By A.J. Goldmann

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