- Dace, Wallace. National Theaters in Larger German and Austrian Cities.New
York: Richards Rosen, 1980. 468p. ISBN 0-8239-0527-6. PN2044 .G4 D3.
A book of photographs and floor plans, plus names of operas given with per-
formance information and financial statistics. Covers Vienna, Linz, West
Berlin, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, and
Hamburg. Institutions for research and library collections in Austria and Ger-
many are also surveyed. Bibliography of about 150 items, name and title
index.
Calendars of operatic performances are given at the website <www.austriaculture.
net>.
2133.The New Grove Second Viennese School: Schoenberg, Webern, Berg.Ed. Oliver
Neighbour et al. New York: Norton, 1983. 201p. ISBN 0-393-01686-2.
ML390 .N34.
Three articles from NG,updated, indexed, and with strong worklists.Other material on aspects of opera in Austria appears in various local histories; a
selection of these is described in IOM1608–1620.
Cities and Regions
Vienna (German: Wien)
The principal theaters and their opening dates: Kaiserhof, 1625; Theater am Kärnt-
nerthor, 1708; Theater bei der Hofburg (Burgtheater), 1748; Freihaustheater auf der
Wieden, 1787; Theater an der Wien, 1801, renovated and reopened 1962; Theater in
der Josefstadt, 1788, reopened 1822 (with Beethoven’s Consecration of the House);
Oper am Ring (Staatsoper; Hofoper), 1869–1945, reopened 1955; Wiener Volksoper,
1898, reopened 1945.
- Heartz, Daniel. Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School, 1740–1780. New
York: Norton, 1995. xviii, 780p. ISBN 0-393-96533-3. ML246.8 .V6 H4.
Vienna’s musical life; details on the Burgtheater and Kärntnerthor (the build-
ings, repertoire, administration); court composers. Gluck has one chapter,
Haydn two, Mozart three. Discussion of operas by Wagenseil, Bonno, Traetta,
Gassmann, Salieri, and Dittersdorf. Detailed analyses of Haydn’s Le pescatrici,
L’incontro improvviso, L’infedeltà delusa; accounts of the early Mozart
operas. Bibliography of about 300 items, index. - Butterweck, Georg. Veranstaltungssäle in Wien. Vienna: Institut für Stadt-
forschung, 1973. 128p. ML21 .B88.
Describes 576 halls, which are grouped by locality (Bezirk) in the city. Every
venue with seating for at least 100 persons is included. Floor plans for about
50 principal auditoriums. Vienna’s total seating capacity is calculated at
159,124. - Pirchan, Emil, et al. 300 Jahre Wiener Operntheater: Werk und Werden.
Vienna: Fortuna, 1953. 312p. ML1723.8 .V62 O77.
Covers all stage presentations from the baroque onward. Biographies, bibliog-
raphy of about 120 items, 233 plates and name index.
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