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Opening waltz of the Vienna Opera Ball. The elegant ball at the Opera, when a dance floor is laid over the rows of chairs, is the highlight of the Vienna carnival season.
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Opening waltz of the Vienna Opera Ball. The elegant ball at the...

Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, the Imperial summer residence. As a small boy, Mozart was received there by Empress Maria Theresia, when he visited the capital during the wedding celebrations for Maria Theresia's son Joseph II. Coloured engraving, In. 19129
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Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, the Imperial summer residence. As a small bo...

"Neuer Markt", the "New Market" in Vienna. Mozart and Haydn lived nearby.
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"Neuer Markt", the "New Market" in Vienna. Mozart and Haydn lived n...

The house on Schulerstrasse in Vienna's first district where Mozart lived with his wife Constanze and where he composed the Marriage of Figaro. Watercolour by H. Janda, around 1900. In. 28451
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The house on Schulerstrasse in Vienna's first district where Mozart lived with...

Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a realistic record of the Vienna Frei- haustheater production of 1791.Both Mozart and writer Schikaneder were Freemasons and the trials of Papageno and Tamino are reminiscent of a mason's initiation.
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Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a reali...

French dancer and choreographer Jean Babilee rehearsing his ballet "Auditorium" with the ballerinas of La Scala, Milano.
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French dancer and choreographer Jean Babilee rehearsing his ballet "A...

An evening with Schubert in a Vienna salon.In his engraving,Julius Schmidt has united everybody who was somebody in the Vienna of the 1830ties;Schubert and his friends singer Vogel,painters Kupelwieser and Schwind;poet Grillparzer,diarist Karoline Pichler etc.
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An evening with Schubert in a Vienna salon.In his engraving,Julius Schmidt...

Backstage at Coventgarden Opera: stage props, costumes.
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Backstage at Coventgarden Opera: stage props, costumes.

Interior of La Scala (Teatro alla Scala),the Milan Operahouse,built 1776-1778 by G.Piermarini.
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Interior of La Scala (Teatro alla Scala),the Milan Operahouse,built 1776-17...

Watching a researsal at the Palais Garnier are director Rolf Liebermann (left) and choreographer Georges Balanchine, Paris,1973
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Watching a researsal at the Palais Garnier are director Rolf Liebermann...

Director of the Paris Opera Rolf Liebermann (right), choreographer Georges Balanchine (center) and director Rene Clair (left),at the Palais Garnier,Paris,1973.
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Director of the Paris Opera Rolf Liebermann (right), choreographer Georges Ba...

Director Rolf Liebermann watching a rehearsal at the Palais Garnier,Paris,1973.
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Director Rolf Liebermann watching a rehearsal at the Palais Garnier,Pa...