Why Vienna is a musical metropolis

For many people Vienna is the capital city of music. That is not just because great composers such as Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Franz Schubert created musical history here, but also because of the huge variety of cultural events which are offered today.

A glance at the event calendar of the Wiener Bühnen, the company which stages many of the theatrical productions in Vienna, shows that the Viennese capital is at the forefront in the German-speaking world and can also hold its own internationally. I'll show you why you don't have to travel to New York or London to enjoy productions you've always wanted to see.

One important point which should be noted is that nearly all of the productions are staged in the German language, although the original songs are sometimes performed in English and some theatres offer surtitles.