Great Performances

Vienna State Opera 50th Anniversary Reopening Gala (35x2)

: 18, 2006

The Vienna State Opera House reopened on November 5, 1955, after being bombed during World War II. This concert, performed on November 5, 2005, in celebration of the reopening's 50th anniversary, broght together some of the world's leading opera stars and premier conductors to perform selections from the 1955 opera season.