NEST - Neue Staatsoper

In the location's words:

The NEST (short for "New State Opera") is the second venue of the Vienna State Opera and was opened in December 2024. It has found its home in the renovated Künstlerhaus on Karlsplatz, where the so-called "French Hall" has been converted - deliberately not a new building in order to preserve the architectural identity of Vienna's Ringstrasse.

NEST is designed as a music theater for children, teenagers, young adults and families and is aimed at a broad, low-threshold audience. It offers operas, ballets, children's operas, workshops and other formats - with ticket prices that, according to its own information, are even lower than the cinema.

At the same time, NEST serves as a performance venue for the young artistic collectives of the main building - including the opera school, the opera studio, the ballet academy and the youth company. The new venue was made possible by sponsorship from the Haselsteiner FamilienPrivatstiftung, STRABAG SE and a grant from the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport.

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