Wiener Residenzorchester - Auerspergstraße 1

Several types of performance in a reasonable price. If you enjoy listening classical music, and you only have limited time, you should come here. Although its seats are not so comfortable, and stage is not big enough, it's still a very good performance. I spent less than 50 and got a very good experience.

Best way to finish Vienna in style. Go here, it’s just 10 min walk from Hofburg. Kids friendly. No formal clothing. Beautiful setting in a palace. There’s not much difference in seats, so sit anywhere, it’s the same experience. Has 15 min intermission, enjoy a champagne glass. Go for the 6 pm show, getting ticket is easier. It’s sold outside the entrance of the Spanish riding school. Also at the palace. This is a chamber orchestra. Don’t expect a symphony with 100 violinists. This was Best experience in Vienna. My 6 and 10 yr old boys loved it. Avoid the “Spanish riding school” like plague. It’s such a waste of time and money.

Very nice concerts and very good experience beeing in this Palace! Thank you Residence Orchestra. Great location and great musican.

Beautiful intimacy show. The orchestra played wonderful and the show included charming opera singers and ballet dancers. It wasn't big and sophisticated as we have been told when we bought the tickets but we still enjoyed the show.

As a general rule I do not buy tickets from sellers on the street, but as we were recommended this by the staff at Haus der Musik (and especially after thoroughly enjoying that) we decided to splash out on 40 Euro tickets which - we were told by the vendor - was way cheaper than anything we would get at the opera. It was not. The first sign alarm bell when I walked up was when I noticed all the staff looked like ex-Spetsnaz. I mean I'm a big guy but these boys scared me. Also, when you see people attending [what I thought was] the opera in jeans, t-shirt and trainers you suddenly realise this might not be as grand as you expected. Next alarm bell is when you walk in the hall and it dawns on you why the ticket sellers didn't show you any photos of the room. It was as big as a church hall with (we roughly counted) about 200 seats - Vienna Opera House this was not. In addition to the size of the room, it became evident that the "VIP" tickets were nothing but a myth as seating was a free for all with customers and staff arguing over where people were sitting (those who believed they had bought a VIP seat were rightly expecting to sit at the front). At this point, my internal rating was sitting at "Value for money: 0. Feeling of being ripped off: 100". The compere came on to the tiny stage and started singing the praises of the night ahead of us, but no cameras were allowed as apparently they were filming a DVD that night. Either that, or they don't want people to know this is not worth the money. A quintet were welcomed on stage by the crowd and at this point I was still feeling 0:100 on the above scale with the compere and the "orchestra" doing little to allay my fears. As the first act went on, I started to enjoy myself a bit more. The ballet felt forced on the small stage but the musicians were well above average, I was probably up to 30:70 on the scale now, At the interval I couldn't help but hear many conversations around the room comparing how much people had paid for the entertainment. It would appear that while we were far from paying the most for the evening, we also were not the cheapest. The second act featured more forced ballet, a very bad audience participation routine but luckily some more examples of the skilled musicians in front of us. After about an hour it was over and we left, impressed with the musicians but still feeling very angry at the price we had paid and being misled regarding the venue and ticket pricing structure. My advice for anyone contemplating this is don't. Go to the opera house & return home telling friends that you visited the world famous Wiener Staatsoper and took in an opera, not that you went to see a cabaret act (albeit with very talented musicians) in a hall no-one has heard of. This is nothing but a tourist trap hosted for passengers on the cruises, and those unlucky enough to get duped in to it by street vendors

I was born in Vienna lived there until 11 years old now back from United States after 30+ years... this concert made me proud of my heritage and beauty of the Austrian/Vienna culture. Great performance and in spectacular palaze location, must see and support the orchestra during Covid.

I am surprised that this event got some low reviews. First of all, you must understand what you are going to experience. This is a small chamber Orchestra with a huge sound. The acoustics in this room are exquisite. All of the performers are above average to outstanding. This concert caters to tourists because you are not paying a ridiculous price to see a show at the opera house. You do not have to dress up in your best suits and dresses. The time of the show is a manageable timeframe even for children. You are going to get a very good sample of musical culture of Vienna. Mozart, Strauss, etc. This show is very casual it caters to the casual listener. Back when Mozart was performing here in Vienna, he often performed to small intimate groups. That is what this is. I think that if you go into this with the right state of mind, you will enjoy it immensely.

In the morning of 27.12.2021, we were approached by official ticket salesman of the wiener residenzorchester (as photo). The salesman wanted to sell us the ticket for the evening play. We told him that we would like to go but have a 2 kg Maltese dog. He told us it was not an issue and showed us the places were we could leave our dog during the performance. Just to be sure, we even asked him to call his boss to be 100% sure that we could bring our dog with us and he would be taken care of. The salesman promised us and so we bought the tickets. In the evening, after arrival and registration, we told the person who takes care of the wardrobe the issue regarding our dog. The woman just rudely answered: no dog. We tried to explain that the salesman in the morning said that we could leave the dog here but she kept shaking her head and not even answering us. We went back to the reception who then told us that it is allowed to leave the dog at the wardrobes yet when we went back to the women she just said: wait and then left. After some minutes, the person of the reception came back and totally changed his opinion and said it is not allowed to leave the dog here. He said, before corona you could leave your dog here but now we would be here but nobody would be responsible for him, so it is not allowed. (So before corona there would be someone responsible for him?) We tried to tell him that in the morning we were promised that it is possible but the women just kept shaking here head and the reception just kept saying there is nothing we could do. Not to mention the logic of the statement, the attitude of the women is really bad (not looking to our faces and just shaking her head with crossed arm.) Eventually, we decided to leave the orchestra very upset since we were really excited about it. We hope the organizer could improve the costumer communication and also the employee training.