Only a few more weeks until the long-awaited Chinese premiere of REBECCA! Rehearsals have already begun, and the cast is now working intensively on the piece at the Ronacher.
Open-air concerts and musical events planned by Showfactory cannot be realised in 2025 due to unfulfillable legal noise protection conditions.
On 21 October, a very special meeting with the chair-sponsors of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien took place at the Raimund Theater.
The time has finally arrived: ELISABETH, the most successful German-language musical of all time, is now available on vinyl.
On Monday, REBECCA, the successful musical by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, celebrated its acclaimed UK premiere at the Charing Cross Theatre in London.
Vereinigte Bühnen Wien is delighted to announce two German-language tours of its world-famous musical hits in China: ELISABETH and REBECCA, both written by Michael Kunze & Sylvester Levay, will be performed semi-staged and with a large orchestra in a total of 62 performances in renowned Chinese partner theatres of VBW in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou from August to December 2024.
On Friday, March 15, 2024, Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA celebrated its long-awaited premiere at the Raimund Theater. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical masterpiece with world-famous songs such as "The Music of the Night", "Think of Me" and "The Masked Ball" and the legendary chandelier was met with great enthusiasm by the audience that evening.
After the great success of CATS, they are presenting another musical world hit by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. A spectacular new production by legendary producer Cameron Mackintosh (MARY POPPINS, MISS SAIGON), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will be brought to the Raimund Theater in spring 2024 by Artistic Director Christian Struppeck, for the first time in German-speaking countries. Production and principals were presented at a press conference today.
This new production has already enjoyed sensational sell out success in Great Britain, the USA, and Australia at the iconic Sydney Opera House. The European premiere will take place in Vienna in March 2024.
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, the day had finally come: the brand-new VBW in-house production ROCK ME AMADEUS - DAS FALCO MUSICAL celebrated its grand world premiere at the Ronacher. The atmosphere in the theater was spectacular: with minutes of thunderous applause and standing ovations, the audience paid tribute to the thrilling production, impressive show, talented cast and the entire team.
Yesterday evening, the festive premiere of the concert performances of ELISABETH took place in a unique setting in front of Schönbrunn Palace. The impressive open-air spectacle at the original venue under the direction of Gil Mehmert and the musical direction of Carsten Paap caused enthusiasm and great jubilation. The audience appreciated the performances of the soloists Maya Hakvoort, Mark Seibert, Abla Alaoui, David Jakobs, André Bauer, Daniela Ziegler, Moritz Mausser, Hans Neblung, Katja Berg and the ensemble with minutes of applause.
The VBW box offices are taking a summer break this year as follows
On Saturday the time had finally come: Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME celebrated its Austrian premiere at the Ronacher! The fascinating musical based on the world-famous Disney film with Oscar-nominated film music can finally be seen in Vienna.
The VBW success musical REBECCA is finally back in Vienna! On September 22, 2022, the musical masterpiece by Michael Kunze & Sylvester Levay celebrated its grand gala premiere at the Raimund Theater.
What a special and emotional moment: After several postponements due to corona, Cameron Mackintosh's moving musical world hit finally celebrated its premiere last night at the new Raimund Theater.
Newcomer Vanessa Heinz ("Kim") and audience favourite Oedo Kuipers ("Chris") thrilled in the leading roles of the famous musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg. Christian Rey Marbella made his Vienna debut with the role of the "Engineer" and brought great cheers from the audience with his performance. Gino Emnes, James Park, Abla Alaoui and Annemarie Lauretta performed brilliantly in the roles of "John", "Thuy", "Ellen" and "Gigi".
