”Vienna” News

Funeral held for 1932 Olympic fencing champion Mueller-Preis

VIENNA, Austria - Ellen Mueller-Preis, who won gold in fencing at the 1932 Los Angeles Games, was buried in a Vienna cemetery on Thursday.
11 30 2007 2:28PM (...more)

Rapid Vienna and Anderlecht fans clash at Vienna train station

VIENNA, Austria - About 150 Rapid Vienna and Anderlecht fans clashed at the Westbahnhof train station Thursday as the rival teams met in the UEFA Cup.
10 5 2007 6:19AM (...more)

Voigt postpones Bruennhilde debut

NEW YORK - Deborah Voigt has withdrawn from this spring's new production of Wagner's "Siegfried" at the Vienna State Opera and will instead sing Bruennhilde for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera in 2011.
02 28 2008 5:12PM (...more)

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra names new chief conductor

VIENNA (AFP) – Up and coming 28-year-old German conductor Cornelius Meister has been appointed the new chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra from September 2010, ORF public radio announced
01 10 2009 10:39AM (...more)

Vienna Opera's new maestro triumphs in 'Goetterdaemmerung'

VIENNA (AFP) – Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Moest, Vienna State Opera 's chief-conductor-to-be, was the star of the show in the new production of Wagner's "Twilight of the Gods", which premiered
12 11 2008 12:09PM (...more)

Former boxing champion Edip Secovic stabbed to death in Austria

VIENNA, Austria - Edip Secovic, a former WAA boxing champion, died early Tuesday in a knife fight at his own pub. He was 50.
08 27 2008 9:17AM (...more)

Senza Limiti Launches Vienna City Guide on Vienna.net

New Vienna Travel Guide and Business Directory Launched on Vienna.net . (PRWEB) November 16, 2009 --
11 18 2009 7:59AM (...more)

Price of beer not football stirs Austrian passions

VIENNA (Reuters) - Residents of Euro 2008 host city Vienna have reacted angrily on learning they must pay more for theirbeer in the city's official fan zone than people at venues intournament co-hosts Switzerland .
06 1 2008 2:31PM (...more)

Greek clarinet player wins Eurovision Young Musician prize

VIENNA (AFP) - A Greek clarinet player, Dionysios Grammenos, beat six other finalists to win the Eurovision Young Musician prize Friday in Vienna at the end of a six-day competition.
05 11 2008 8:31AM (...more)

Singers triumph in Vienna's new 'Siegfried' opera

VIENNA (AFP) - German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf has some very definite ideas about Wagner's sprawling four-opera "Ring" cyle, which he is currently in the process of staging for the Vienna State Opera .
04 30 2008 6:39AM (...more)