13 Nov 2025
In the twilight glow of Vienna’s golden age, where the final notes of a Puccini aria still tremble in the air, Robert Schiff’s “Dignitaries Leaving the Opera, Vienna” painted in 1900 captures an empire exhaling. On the sweeping staircase of the Wiener Staatsoper, silk trains glide like liquid moonlight, monocles flash beneath chandeliers, and fur stoles brush against medals earned in forgotten wars. Schiff, a master of hushed grandeur, freezes this ceremonial departure: a baroness adjusting her tiara, a diplomat’s measured bow, the collective hush of privilege descending into the night.Every detail sings of fin de siècle splendor. Emerald velvet catches lamplight, faces etched with quiet triumph reveal the hierarchy of blood and title. This is Vienna at its most intoxicating, when opera was both stage and society.Currently, this luminous work resides in a private collection, last seen publicly at Christie’s in 2013. It awaits rediscovery in shadowed salons, still radiating the afterglow of imperial curtain calls.
#RobertSchiff #ViennaOpera #WienerStaatsoper #FinDeSiècle #HabsburgElegance #AustrianArt #ImperialVienna #19thCenturyMasterpiece #OperaNights #ArtCollectors #EuropeanHeritage #ViennaHistory
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28 Aug 2025
Having an absolute blast at the Finnish National Opera tonight! ✨ CircOpera 2.0 is a mind-blowing mix of daring acrobatics, spellbinding music, and pure circus magic. 🎭 🎪🤡 Highly recommend catching this dazzling show! #CircOpera #OperaNights #EveningVibes #FinnishNationalOpera #CircusSpectacular
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20 Jul 2024
🎼 Înainte de Nedeia din Poiana Muierii 🐑 tinutulmomarlanilor.ro/nedei… 🐑 de astăzi #Petrila a fost gazda unui alt #eveniment interesant #OperaNights #ValeaJiului 🎶
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15 Mar 2024
Mark your calendars! 📷
Here are the dates for our Mainstage operas for this year's festival.
It's time to start planning your visit to Wexford!
#WFO2024 #WexfordFestivalOpera #OperaNights #OperaForALL #VisitWexford #KeepDiscovering
ALT Dates for your diary
ALT Le maschere (1901), by Pietro Mascagni | 18, 23, 26 and and 31 October
ALT The Critic (1916), by Charles Villiers Stanford | 19, 24, 27 October and 1 November
ALT Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (1827), by Gaetano Donizetti | 20, 25, 28 October and 2 November
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24 Nov 2023
🎭✨ Elevate your passion for opera at UNISA! 🎶 Join us for an enchanting experience as Ster Kinekor treats our talented music students to the timeless magic of Maria Callas's Paris debut in 1958. #UNISAHarmony #SterKinekorMagic #OperaNights #Unisa150"
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13 Oct 2022
Every Thursday, the elegant ambiance of the Winter Garden City Lounge embraces the fine sounds of Opera and welcomes some of its most renowned repertoires with a trio consisting of Petros Karpathakis at the piano, Soprano Katia Paschou, and Tenor Andreas Nastos. 🎹 #operanights
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23 Mar 2022
Every #Thursday our Opera Nights promise stellar performances surrounded by the beautiful ambiance of the Winter Garden city lounge. 🎹 #hotelgrandebretagne #operanights #athens
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9 Jan 2020
Join us every Thursday for a musical Opera evening at the warm and inviting Winter Garden. lux.ht/60141bEzI 🎶 #hotelgrandebretagne #wintergarden #operanights #Athens
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5 Dec 2019
Every Thursday our Opera Nights promise stellar performances surrounded by the beautiful ambiance of the Winter Garden. lux.ht/618213uhq 🎶 #hotelgrandebretagne #wintergarden #operanights #Athens
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21 Nov 2019
The perfect set-up to listen to the sounds of live opera and enjoy an evening of world-class #cocktails and the warm and inviting atmosphere of the Winter Garden lounge. lux.ht/60171OCsb 🎶 #hotelgrandebretagne #wintergarden #operanights #Athens
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21 Sep 2019
Our Magic Flute from this May in Dublin is being broadcast on @RTElyricfm tonight at 7pm, courtesy of #operanights #pamina #debut
Www.rte.ie/lyricfm/opera-nig…
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3 Jan 2019
Our Thursday's are dedicated to Opera filling the Winter Garden to its beautiful sounds. 🌹 #hotelgrandebretagne #OperaNights #WinterGarden #tbt #thursdayvibes
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4 Dec 2018
Have you been to any of our #OperaNights Yet ? We Still have a few tickets Left for New Year's Eve.
Perfect #Christmas #gift
#integralbeauty & #LouthChat
Info & Tickets - tinyurl.com/y9ayswud
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11 Feb 2018
#OperaNights
India's first and only professional orchestra, #SymphonyOrchestra of India is back with its next season. The recital will be staged on Sunday, February 11 at 5 pm at Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai.
#Orchestra #music #talkietive
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2 Dec 2017
@LunellaNYC Thank you Lunellas Ristorante for a wonderful evening of Opera!! Beautiful atmosphere food and music from VPNYC!
#vpnyc #operanights
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7 Jun 2017
#operanights is just around the corner with Italian Serenade! June 28th don't miss a night of Italian love songs during dinner at Dominic's!
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6 Apr 2017
This sunshine makes us feel like spring! What better way to celebrate than with good friends, great food, and fun opera! #operanights
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