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Eventsin Vienna
July
6 May - 26 September
JOHANN STRAUSS EXHIBITION
A jubilee year exhibition celebrating the life and times of the composer
Historical Museum of the City of Vienna; daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m.


21 May - End of January 2000
Exhibition of the Austrian Theatre Museum: "Viennese Blood"
The complete lyric work by Johann Strauss; stage design, manuscripts, autographs, costumes
(Tue-Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed 10 a.m.-9 p.m.)


1-31 July
Saturdays & Sundays Tanzcafé (coffee-house with dancing)
Johann Strauss music played in the original orchestration:
Every Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. on the terrace of the Emperor's Breakfast Pavillon in Schönbrunn Zoo.

Wiener Hofburg Orchester; Conductor: Gert Hofbauer; Vocal soloists
Pieces by J.Strauss, W.A.Mozart
Imperial Palace, Konzerthaus
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8.30 p.m.
(tickets: tel. 587 25 52, fax 587 43 97)

Wiener Konzertduo: violoncello & guitar
Pieces by J. Strauss, Mozart, Vivaldi, Schubert, Haydn
Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday 8 p.m.
Palais Schönborn, 1., Renngasse 4
(tickets: tel. 214 04 01, fax 533 88 67-4)

Wiener Konzertquintett: string quartet & guitar
Pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Schubert, Haydn, J.Strauss
Sunday & Friday 6 p.m.
Palais Schönborn, 1., Renngasse 4
(tickets: tel. 214 04 01, fax 533 88 67-4)

Schönbrunner Schlossensemble: ballet pair, opera singers
Pieces by Mozart, J. Strauss
Orangerie Schönbrunn, 13., Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse 47, 8.30 p.m.
(tickets: tel. 812 50 04-0, fax 812 54 24)

Wiener Residenzorchester - 1 ballet pair, 2 opera singers
Pieces by J. Strauss
Palais Liechtenstein, 9., Fürstengasse 1, daily 6.30 p.m. & 8.30 p.m.
(tickets: tel. 817 21 78, fax 813 28 65)

July & August
Music Film-Festival at Rathausplatz
TV recordings of New Year's Concerts and recordings of the operettas Die Fledermaus and Viennese Blood

"Blue Danube Tour": Johann Strauss' Vienna
Tuesday & Friday, meeting point: 1., Kärntner Strasse 38, 2 p.m.


1, 8 & 15 July
KlangBogen '99: Strauss at the Palmery Burggarten: Johann Strauss
Concertat 7.30 p.m.
(Klangbogen Wien: tel. 4000-8410, fax 4000-99-8410)


3, 10 July
Viennese Café: The 'Kaiserwalzer-Duo' - violin & piano - play at the traditional Café Dommayer waltzes, polkas and marches by the Strauss Family
Café Dommayer, 13., Dommayergasse 1, 2-4 p.m. (tel. 877 54 65)


3, 10, 17 July
Washerwoman's Ball
The liveliest ball of old Vienna - Ball of washerwomen & "strizzis" (="spiv") or "galans" ("lover boy").
A dance orchester plays waltzes, polkas and marches by the Strauss Dynasty
Arcotel Wimberger, 7., Neubaugürtel 34-36; 7 p.m.-11.30 p.m.
(tickets tel. 263 71 17-6, fax 263 71 17-7)


3 & 17 July
Guided walking tour
"Sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven" to Johann Strauss' grave
meeting point: 11., Central Cemetery, Gate 2, 2.30 p.m.


5 & 12 July
The Sound of Johann Strauss
Quartet and 3 vocal soloists
Aboard the Admiral Tegetthoff
Boarding Vienna/Reichsbrücke 7 p.m., departure 7.30 p.m., arrival 10 p.m.
(Information: DDSG Blue Danube Schiffahrt, tel. 588 80, fax 588 80-440)


9-10 & 13-17 July
Die Fledermaus
Schönbrunn Palace Theatre / 7 p.m.
(Tickets: Wiener Kammeroper, tel. 512 01 00, fax 512 01 00-10)


10, 14, 16 & 17 July
KlangBogen presents
Viennese Blood
One of Johann Strauss's most famous operettas
Theater an der Wien
(Klangbogen Wien: tel. 4000-8410, fax 4000-99-8410)


15-18 July
Mörbisch Lakeside Festival:A Night in Venice
Mörbisch am Neusiedlersee (Burgenland)
Thursdays to Sundays 8.30 p.m. (tel. 02682-66210-0)


17 July
Viennese Café: The 'Wiener Walzermädchen' play at the traditional Café Dommayer
Waltzes, polkas and marches by the Strauss Family etc.
Café Dommayer, 13., Dommayergasse 1, 2-4 p.m. (tel. 877 54 65)


Summer 99
The World of Johann Strauss
in and around the Theater an der Wien (date and programme to be announced later)

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