OMFG. I have tickets to the Magic Flute in Vienna next week

[Recursion]

Somehow this worked out.

I'm going to go see my favorite opera ever, in the Vienna Volksoper, one of the greatest venues in the world.

[OriginalGeek]

1. That sounds pretty fancy and exciting

Vienna is on my (fairly long) list of places to see before I die.


I love their little sausages. And fingers.



It seems like a flute day - I think I'll load that up on the playlist and surprise my co-workers with some class. (They are more accustomed to death metal and hillbilly music coming from my office. But Mozart is one of my favorites).


Have a great time at the show!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I am beside myself with envy.

The Magic Flute is the best opera ever, and it would be just perfect to see it in Vienna.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. How fantastic, my dear Recursion!

I know you'll have a great time. Please take some pictures so we can feel as though we got there too!

[elleng]

4. Wunderbar!!!

[rug]

5. I have plans to go to White Castle in Ledgewood, New Jersey next Wednesday.

[Recursion]

10. That also sounds awesome

I live in a state that has banned beef, so I'm green with envy for that, FWIW

[rug]

14. I will hum Rigoletto and think of you while I'm consuming those square little delights.

Enjoy the opera!

[btrflykng9]

6. That is so cool!

Have a blast!! Going to the opera is on my short list of things to do in the near future.

[smirkymonkey]

7. You are so lucky! I studied in Vienna for a semester and it was the most magical

city ever! Our school was right on Operngasse and we would go and get the cheap standing room seats. We also went to the Philharmonic which was lovely as well. It was so elegant, even though we were going 3rd class as students. I hope you have a wonderful adventure. Please tell us all about it when you get back!

[mnhtnbb]

8. My husband will be green with envy. He wrote a prize winning psychoanalytic paper on The Magic Flute

about 35 years ago and it is his favorite opera. We were in Vienna almost two years ago and did see an opera--but not The Magic Flute--at the Staatsoper. It is a magnificent theatre, but we didn't see anything at the Volksoper. Enjoy!

[Recursion]

11. Staatsoper was a little pricey for us

That's one thing I love about Volksoper: tickets for 20 euros or so.

[mnhtnbb]

13. The little cottage where Mozart finished composing The Magic Flute was moved

from Vienna to Salzburg in the late 1870's http://tinyurl.com/on3rerr

and now sits on the grounds of the Mozarteum University. http://tinyurl.com/p5svgrd


I took this photo of my husband in front of the Cottage when we were in Salzburg in 2013.
It's not readily accessible to anyone who wanders in the Mozarteum, which is a University devoted to
music and dramatic arts, and he went looking for someone who would point him in the direction to the grounds where
it was located. We literally wandered upstairs and down, through the cafeteria to outside looking for it. He was like
a kid in a candy store when he found it.

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[TuxedoKat]

9. Have a great time!

Sounds wonderful! I love The Magic Flute.

[oldandhappy]

12. Fantastic!

What a marvelous adventure. Soak up every second! And bring us a few pictures, please, smile.