Theater
Wiener Konzerthaus
Lothringerstraße 20, 1030 Wien
Grand nineteen-thirteen concert house with four halls and a pipe organ hidden entirely behind its stage wall.
This guide to the Wiener Konzerthaus traces its 1913 origins as a deliberate rival to Vienna's grander Musikverein, built to be open to everyone rather than the well-connected few. It follows the emperor Franz Joseph laying the ceremonial final stone, and the opening night pairing of a new Richard Strauss piece with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Listen for the organ built by the Rieger brothers, tucked somewhere behind the Great Hall's curved wall.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.