Wiener Staatsoper Concerts 2025

We watched Simon Boccanegra which though not the most exciting of operas was enjoyable especially performed in such a beautiful opera house with good acoustics, and modern touches like individual screens for lyrics in several languages, as well as a good orchestra. The bar room was also very pretty, all in all very worth the visit.

We went and did the tour and really enjoyed it. We booked at the start of our trip online for later in the week. You can also go to the booking office 15 mins before the tour times and buy leftover tickets but these do sell out so, I'd recommend booking in advance online. Our tour guide was really friendly and engaging, telling us lots about the history of the building and answering any questions. We had a group of about 20 which was a good size. The tour took about 45 minutes.

I had the English speaking tour guide, it was absolutely fabulous, very informative and lots of interesting facts about the opera house and the history as well, please of times to ask questions and take photos, engaged really well with the audience. For me it was a great price buying tickets in advance and worth the 40 minutes tour.

The state opera house speaks for itself, it’s a grandeur/magnificent architecture. To be in one of the show was fantastic “Don Pascale” Great show ever! I highly recommend this place to all tourists to come and watch their event or upcoming shows.

A few tips for visiting the Opera. There are small screens in front of your seat with captions in multiple languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese (I don't know if it was Mandarin or Cantonese). You can buy standing tickets for cheap on the day of the opera. You can do this in one of two ways: either queue up about 2hrs before the performance or buy them from the website at 10am sharp. I'd recommend doing it online so that you don't waste precious holiday time by standing in line. I bought standing tickets on the ground floor for €18 and the view was amazing (pictures attached). My standing ticket had a reserved place, so I didn't need to worry about arriving early. However I'd recommend getting there at least half an hour before, possibly more if you would like to wander around. You need to check in your coats. You can't just use any cloakroom however because it depends on your ticket, so be sure to have your ticket ready otherwise the cloakroom staff will become impatient. The lines at the bar can be very long, and the intervals are quite short. You are not allowed to take drinks into the auditorium, so I would get a drink before the show instead.