Vienna State Opera’s open-air concert: Voices beneath a friendly sky
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- The Vienna State Opera held an open-air concert at the Burggarten featuring Asmik Grigorian, Piotr Beczała and Juan Diego Flórez.
- The program included works by Wagner, Puccini and Verdi, while mild autumn weather added to the evening’s atmosphere.
- State Opera director Bogdan Roščić appeared on stage and said the performers were in top form.
Asmik Grigorian, Piotr Beczała and Juan Diego Flórez came together at Vienna’s Burggarten for an open-air evening of Wagner, Puccini and Verdi.
The concert unfolded under unusually mild, almost summery autumn weather. Against the backdrop of political news from Germany, the Viennese sky offered a gentler mood, with temperatures that seemed intent on making the evening easier to enjoy.
State Opera director Bogdan Roščić also appeared on stage in high spirits, assuring the audience that everyone was in top form. He attributed the ideal weather to his good relations with mysterious higher powers, a remark that only added to the buoyant tone of the night.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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