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Celebrity Sängerknaben
Sigrid Pichler and Gabriele Wolf of the
Austrian
National Tourist Office report that a number of famous composers have
emerged from the choir's ranks:
Joseph Haydn, although a member of the Cathedral Choir of
St. Stephen's, sang with the court choir boys in the chapel of the Hofburg and
in the newly built palace of Schönbrunn. Franz Schubert's first compositions
were written as a member of the Court Choir Boys. (He was always in trouble
with his teachers because he was more interested in composing and making music
than in getting good grades in his schoolwork.) After Schubert's voice lost
its bell-like alto quality in 1812, he had to leave the choir. At his
departure, he wrote a note on a musical score that is now preserved in
Austria's National Library: "F. Schubert, zum letzten Mal gekräht.
(F. Schubert has crowed for the last time.)"
Obtaining concert tickets in Vienna
The Vienna Boys' Choir has regularly scheduled masses and choir concerts in
the Imperial Chapel of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. In addition, the choir and
smaller groups of Sängerknaben make appearances with the Staatsoper and
the Volksoper, Vienna's two major opera companies. For tickets, contact the
performance venues directly by telephone or by visiting the Web sites below. (In
the case of the Imperial Chapel, e-mail hofmusikkapelle@asn-wien.ac.at
for ticket information. But see the reader
warning about seating and sightlines before you place your order.)
Web sites
Wiener Sängerknaben
The Vienna Boys' Choir Web site has a concert schedule, a discography, photos,
and other information in German and English.
Wiener
Staatsoper
The Vienna State Opera's site is in German, so translate
with AltaVista.
Volksoper Wien
Opera, operetta, musical comedy, and dance make up the eclectic schedule of
the People's Opera. In German; translate
with AltaVista.
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