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Orangery Schoenbrunn

An Evening in Schoenbrunn

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Classical music, culture, cuisine - Enjoy the Schoenbrunn magic with one of our three exclusive packages! Just make your selection among the following: dinner and concert, palace tour and concert – or all three. One thing is for certain: You will have a memorable evening in Schönbrunn

• DIE FLEDERMAUS (The Bat)
• DIE DREI WÜNSCHE (The Three Wishes)

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Empress Maria Theresa made Schloss Schoenbrunn into her magnificent summer residence. All her successors resided at the palace during summer and ruled the empire from there. Especially Emperor Franz Joseph liked to spend his time at the Palace Schoenbrunn.

Take a tour of the glamorous and private rooms of the emperors accompanied by an audio guide. For groups of 10 people or more a separate guide will be available to show you the apartments of Maria Theresa exclusively and outside the regular opening times of the palace.

DINNER PACKAGES

At the Ehrenhof ('Court of Honor'), right beside the entrance of Schloss Schoenbrunn, in the rooms of the former imperial kitchen lies the Café-Restaurant Residenz. Here, you will enjoy a well balanced three-course dinner by candle light. In summer, the dinner is served on the comfortable terrace. Package 1 - dinner and concert Package 2 - palace tour and concert Package 3 - palace tour, dinner and concert Package 4 - Mozart's Schoenbrunn Palace visit, Dinner and Concert

CONCERT

In walking distance from the main entrance to Schloss Schoenbrunn and the Café-Restaurant Residenz lies the Orangery Schoenbrunn. Since imperial times, this was a place for courtly festivities and banquets. During one of these events Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri held a unique music contest. In this historic ambience the Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra performs the most beautiful works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss.

From the beginning of April to the end of October, at Christmas and at New Year's Eve, the concert will be performed by the Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra in grand cast. In late autumn and in winter the concert will be performed by the Schoenbrunn C hamber Ensemble.

SCHOENBRUNN PALACE CONCERT SEATING PLAN

Categories VIP, A, B and C refer to the front, middle and rear part of the auditorium respectively.

The categories Deluxe, Grand and Imperial for the packages refer to the seating place for the concert. Palace tour and dinner are the same for all categories.

Our VIP guests enjoy preferred seating at the concert. During the intermission, VIP guests will be served a glass of sparkling wine.

With category Deluxe, you will be seated in area A. Category Grand places you in area B and Imperial in area C.

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Empress for a day: experience imperial Vienna through the eyes of the legendary Empress Elizabeth. The royal ambience of imperial Vienna will follow you everywhere you go. You will visit magnificent buildings and museums, indulge in culinary delights and will then honor the evening concert at the Schoenbrunn Palace Orangery with your presence. Royal delight is guaranteed.

During the day, you will take a stroll through the former property of the Habsburg dynasty: Schoenbrunn Palace, the summer residence of Sisi and Francis Joseph, the Imperial Furniture Collection, where splendid furniture of Sisi's era is on display, as well as the Imperial Palace (Hofburg) which houses the Imperial Apartments, the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Silver Collection. All this activity notwithstanding, there is no need for you to lose your royal composure, because you have the choice of visiting these attractions whenever you please - up to one year after the date of issue. After having explored the royal residences, dinner will be served at Café Restaurant Residenz, adjacent to Schoenbrunn Palace. Your table will be ready for you at the former palace kitchen, which is now a wonderful restaurant with a great ambiance. Dinner is a delectable three-course menu. As a grand finale, you will attend a concert at Schoenbrunn Palace Orangery: the very best seats have been reserved for you to enjoy the concert by the Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra Vienna. Leaf through the complimentary program containing interesting information about the orchestra and its repertoire and join us at the bar during the intermission for a glass of sparkling wine. As a very special gift, you will receive a Port-Ami for you to take home. Even Sisi would certainly have made good use of this highly practical purse hook...

The Vienna Imperial Palace (Hofburg) used to be the residence of the Habsburg dynasty for over 600 years. Visit the ceremonial rooms and residential apartments used by Emperor Francis Joseph and his beloved wife Sisi to gain insight into what life was like at the Vienna Court. Follow the traces of mysterious Empress at the Sisi Museum. Numerous exhibits on display will guide you through the many aspects of Sisi's fascinating personality. Explore her rebellious side, her beauty-conscious side and her poetic side. The package also includes admission to the Imperial Silver Collection, where you will marvel at an impressive collection of valuable dinner services from the imperial household. Find you own and very personal approach to this extravagant Empress.

Schoenbrunn Palace is the former summer residence of the Habsburg family. It was especially Francis Joseph who had a pronounced liking for this palace. Sisi, who was highly body conscious and athletic, spent long hours in the surrounding gardens riding her horses. Your audioguide visit will take you to the official and private chambers of the palace, where you will discover, among others, the Empress's grooming room and the Spartan bedroom of Francis Joseph.

The Imperial Furniture Collection in Vienna is the world's largest furniture collection. It provides detailed insight into the Habsburg dynasty's royal lifestyle. The collection includes 160,000 objects, ranging from a baby's cradle to an Emperor's throne.

The permanent exhibition is dedicated to the "Sissi movies" and the furniture used in these movies, which was mostly borrowed from the Imperial Furniture Collection.

In 1754 Franz I Stephan instigated the building of the Orangery by Nicola Pacassi, probably according to designs by Nicolas Jadot. One hundred and eighty-nine metres long and ten metres wide, the Orangery Schoenbrunn is one of the two largest Baroque orangeries in the world, the other being the orangery at Versailles. The south facade is articulated by an alternating series of large and small apertures with rusticated pilasters decorated with masks. The interior has a regular sequence of shallow vaults and is heated by a hypocaust system. The Orangery served not only as the winter quarters for citrus trees and other potted plants but was also a winter garden used for imperial court festivities. Joseph II was especially fond of holding celebrations in the Orangery with festively-decorated banqueting tables, ranks of flowering plants and illuminations mounted in the tops of the citrus trees. During a winter festivity in 1786 Mozart conducted his Singspiel "The Impresario" here.

As far back as the time of Empress Wilhelmine Amalie an orangery garden was laid out at Schoenbrunn which included a hothouse for overwintering bitter orange trees.

The rear part of the Orangery is still used in its original function, while the recently renovated front section is used for the Schoenbrunn Palace Concerts.

The Orangery Schoenbrunn offers the most suitable ambience for the Palace Concerts. For as long as the time of the Habsburgs the Orangery was a place of musical and artistical festivities. During one of these events, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri competed in a musical contest at court. A contest still considered unique in music history

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Map of the Orangery and Schoenbrunn Palace Underground train U4 from the town center to Stop "Schönbrunn" (approx. 15 minutes) Take the forward exit of the subway station, follow the way to the pedestrian traffic light, cross the street (walking time is about two minutes). Diagonally left is the entrance to the Orangery Schoenbrunn.