Summer Stage Under Plane Trees: Vienna Theater in the Park Kicks Off New Season
With a festive evening under the open sky, the Theater im Park opened its sixth season on Monday. Around 800 guests gathered in the Schwarzenberg family's garden to attend the presentation of program highlights and artistic insights into the 2025 season.
The initiators Michael Niavarani and Georg Hoanzl, together with moderator Sigrid Hauser, welcomed the audience. Dr. Maximilian Schaffgotsch spoke on behalf of the Princely Schwarzenberg Family Foundation, which provides the area, about a "beautiful project" that has become an integral part of the Vienna cultural summer.
Between Waltz, Viennese Song, and Word Art – 2025 Season Festively Opened
The musical-literary program of the opening evening reflected the range of the coming months: Michael Niavarani presented excerpts from his new solo "Homo Idioticus 2.0", soprano Cornelia Horak interpreted waltz classics for the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss. Anna Mabo gave a poetic preview of her August concert, while the duo Wiener Blond teased their anniversary program "One Night at the Park" with a Viennese song-hip-hop fusion.
The prominent guest list of the evening ranged from Günther Lainer and Boris Bukowski to the Kernölamazonen to Peter Filzmaier, Andreas Vitásek, and Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz – many of whom are themselves part of this year's program.
Program Until September: Cabaret, Classical Music, and Children's Plays
From May 20 to September 19, the program ranges from cabaret to classical music, philosophy, and family events. The in-house productions "Venus and Jupiter" (from June 8) and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (from July 14) will be resumed.
Niavarani, Andreas Vitásek, Viktor Gernot, Alex Kristan, Stermann & Grissemann, and Maschek shape the cabaret section. International guests like Hazel Brugger, Michael Mittermeier, and Gerhard Polt complement the line-up.
The musical program ranges from Elīna Garanča to the Salonorchester Alhambra, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Glamorous musical evenings are created by Maya Hakvoort, Moritz Mausser, and Frank Wildhorn, among others.
The Viennese song is also prominently represented – for example, by Ernst Molden & Nino aus Wien, Wiener Blond, or the Strizzilieder by Adi Hirschal & Wolfgang Böck.
Literarily, the Theater im Park presents itself with readings by Marco Wanda and Stefanie Sargnagel, discussions with Florian Klenk or Harald Schmidt, as well as political cabaret by Filzmaier & Wolf.
For children, there are interactive concerts, science shows, and the teatro fairy tale musical "Cinderella."
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