The darling music venue of the city is, of course, the Vienna State Opera House in the 1st District.

BBC: Finding your rhythm in Vienna

Tickets for the Vienna State Opera are often sold out months in advance, but there are ways to get bargain tickets for next to nothing.

BBC: Finding your rhythm in Vienna

The musical director of the Vienna State Opera was treated in hospital after collapsing with back pain while conducting a Wagner opera on Sunday.

BBC: Vienna opera director collapses during performance

Vienna State Opera house - known as the Wiener Staatsoper - is one of the busiest opera houses in the world, producing 50 to 60 operas a year in approximately 200 performances.

BBC: Vienna opera director collapses during performance

He appears regularly at the Salzburg and Bayreuth festivals and is in constant demand by the world's leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Vienna State Opera.

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Costello, a Philadelphia native and winner of the 2009 Richard Tucker Award, was called in on short notice and sang on opening night to enthusiastic ovations, making his Vienna State Opera debut alongside soprano Krassimira Stoyanova as Mimi.

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