Burgtheater — Attraction in Vienna

Burgtheatre is one of the most important German language theatres in the world and a premiere venue for theatre performances in the city of Vienna. It is also one of many impressive and historic buildings that line the famous Ringstraße, which encircles much of the historic city centre.

Burgtheatre's history reaches back to 1741, when then empress Maria Theresa had a theatre build near her Palace. Known as K. K. Hoftheater nächst der Burg, the theatre was later relocated to the Ringstraße location, just across from Rathausplatz in 1888. Severly damaged during bombing raids in 1945, Burgtheatre was restored during 1953-1955, returning the building to its former glory and how you can see it today.

During its illustrious history, Burgtheater has had its pick of top directors and has been the venue of many important performances, including the premieres of three of Mozart's operas as well as Beethoven's very first symphony.

Today, you can watch German performances at the Burgtheatre pretty much every day of the week. Theatre schedules are made available on the first day of the month before performances are held. Tickets go on sale on the 20th of the month before performances and can be made online or by phoning the ticket offices. Note that Burgtheatre is closed during the months of July and August. See the Burgtheatre website for updated performance schedules and seat...

Perhaps, this is the reason why Beethoven chose to stay in the apartment nearby. His stage is right here inside the Burgtheater, one of the oldest theatre in all of Europe, and very much storied from many performances from the masters of the era. The Burgtheater was the most important German language theatre in the world and held its prestige because of Empress Maria Theresa who asked for a theatre next to the palace. The theatre, together with many cultural buildings in Vienna that has made the Austrian capital such synonymous with high cultural and art. I’ve been pondering while I was here in Vienna on the importance of performing arts such as the one held inside the Burgtheater. Once upon a time, the populous would come here much like how we today go to the cinemas. But there’s something special about a cast on a stage telling you a story. The orchestra in the stands moving you with its symphony. The audience next to you sharing a moment of laughter and heart ache, suspense and tragedy, inspiration and motivation. Nothing moves so deeply like words and music on a stage. It’s...

The Burgtheater in Vienna is an Austrian federal theatre. It is considered one of the most important theatres in Europe and is the second oldest European theatre after the Comédie-Française as well as the largest German-language theatre. The old Burgtheater had been located on Michaelerplatz since 1748. In October 1888, the new building on today's Universitätsring (then Franzensring) was opened. After it was completely burnt out in 1945 due to bombing, the Ronacher served as an alternative venue until its reopening on 14 October 1955. The Burgtheater is considered the Austrian national theatre.

Older names of the Burgtheater were k.k.. Theatre nächst der Burg and thereafter until 1918 k.k. Hof-Burgtheater. Especially in Vienna it is often called "Die Burg" for short, the ensemble members are known as "Burgschauspieler". According to the number of employees and budget, it is the "richest and largest repertory theatre in the world". The director of the Burgtheater since September 2019 is...