Concert · The nave · 20:15 & 21:00
Vivaldi Vienna
The Four Seasons on period instruments, three categories, one Baroque church.
- Three categories, €38.00 to €56.00 — €0.00 booking fee
- Curtain at 20:15 or 21:00
- The nave: Karlsplatz 10
- QR e-ticket and wallet pass the moment you pay.
Book in three moves
Pick a date, then choose a category and how many seats. Nothing is charged here.
Seats are assigned by the house inside your category — you keep the price, they keep the row logic. The basket shows the full total and every line’s refund date before payment.
At a glance
- What
- Vivaldi Vienna is Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons played by Orchester 1756 on period instruments in the Karlskirche — the Baroque church on Karlsplatz, a few steps from where Vivaldi was buried in 1741 — most evenings of the year.
- Who plays
- Orchester 1756 — Dimitris Karakantas plays the solo violin on most nights, and sopranos, countertenors and the orchestra’s own principals join for the arias and the concertos
- When
- 106 dates from Friday, 2 October 2026 to 30 March 2027; curtain at 20:15 or 21:00.
- Where
- The nave, Karlsplatz 10, 1040 Wien.
- Prices
- Category I €56.00, Category II €47.00, Category III €38.00. €0.00 booking fee.
- Seating
- You choose the category and how many; the house assigns rows inside it, best available first, your party together where the room allows.
- Tickets
- QR e-ticket and wallet pass the moment you pay.
- Changes
- Free date change until 48 hours before, same event and category, up to twice. Refund dates are printed per line in your basket.
- Booking
- Sold by Vienna Evening, Herrengasse 5, 1010 Wien. The price you see is the price charged.
The room
The nave
Karlskirche, Karlsplatz 10, 1040 Wien
Fischer von Erlach’s domed church on Karlsplatz, vowed by Charles VI after the plague of 1713 and finished in 1737 — one of the great Baroque churches of Europe, and since 2008 the concert home of Orchester 1756.
106 nights · 2 October 2026 – 30 March 2027
Who plays
A Baroque orchestra in a Baroque church
Orchester 1756 was founded in Salzburg in 2006 by the conductor and harpsichordist Konstantin Hiller — the city’s first permanent Baroque orchestra — and has played the Karlskirche in Vienna since 2008, which it now calls its musical home. Since 2014 the Greek violinist Dimitris Karakantas has been its concertmaster and its usual soloist.
The ensemble plays on historical original instruments and works from the stylistics and rhetoric of the 17th and 18th centuries; the concert runs sixty-five to seventy-five minutes without an interval. The church is a few steps from the ground where Antonio Vivaldi, who died in Vienna in 1741, was buried.
Konstantin Hiller
Founder · conductor and harpsichord
Dimitris Karakantas
Concertmaster · Baroque violin
The roomA Baroque concert inside a Baroque church
The instrumentsHistorical originals, gut strings and Baroque bows
The continuoThe ensemble’s own painted harpsichord
The programme
The Four Seasons, and what plays around them
Antonio Vivaldi
Le quattro stagioni — The Four Seasons, Op. 8 Nos. 1–4 — every night
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major, RV 114
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G major “alla rustica”, RV 151
Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 — Overture
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, Z 629 — Suite
Henry Purcell
Chacony in G minor, Z 730
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite “La Bizarre” in G major, TWV 55:G2
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 4
George Frideric Handel
Oboe Concerto in G minor, HWV 287, and arias from Rinaldo, Lotario, Siroe and Giulio Cesare
Antonio Vivaldi
Arias from Farnace, Orlando finto pazzo and Andromeda liberata, and the motet “Nulla in mundo pax sincera”, RV 630
Soloists — Dimitris Karakantas plays the solo violin on most nights, and sopranos, countertenors and the orchestra’s own principals join for the arias and the concertos
The Four Seasons are played every night, without an interval; the works listed around them change with the evening and its soloist, and the orchestra reserves the right to change the programme.
Programme as published on vivaldi-vienna.com/en — Concerts/Tickets, Info & FAQ, Location and About Us, checked on .
Know before you book
- The church assigns your seat inside the category you choose; we ask for your party to be seated together.
- Sixty-five to seventy-five minutes without an interval. The Four Seasons every night, with further Baroque works around them — the orchestra compiles the programme itself and may change it on the night.
- One room: the nave of the Karlskirche on Karlsplatz. Almost every night begins at 8:15 p.m.; each date prints its own start time and admission is from about thirty minutes before. Nobody is admitted once the concert has begun.
- The church cannot be heated: dress warmly from autumn to spring. Step-free access, and there is no restroom inside the church.
- Your QR e-ticket and wallet pass are issued the moment you pay.
Questions guests ask
What is included in the price?
Everything. The price shown is the price charged: our booking fee is €0.00 and we print it on your order at €0.00 rather than leaving it out.
When is my ticket issued?
At checkout. Your QR code, wallet pass and PDF exist the moment your card is charged.
Why can I not pick a seat?
The church publishes no seat plan. You book a category — the front, the middle or the back of the nave — and the church seats you inside it.
How long is the concert?
Sixty-five to seventy-five minutes, with no interval. Doors are about thirty minutes before the start.
How should I dress?
As you like, but warmly in the colder months: the Karlskirche is a Baroque church and cannot be heated. There is no dress code.
Can I change the date?
Yes, free, until 48 hours before, for the same category, up to twice. If the new date costs more you pay the difference; if it costs less, your original price stands.
Until when can I cancel?
Fourteen days from purchase, and never inside 48 hours of the concert — whichever comes first. The exact date is printed on your order line.
Will my party sit together?
We always book your party on one order and ask the church to seat you together inside your category. If they seat you apart, tell us and we will put it right.
What if you cannot supply it?
You are refunded in full and immediately, whatever the date, and told that we could not supply it. There is no voucher and no substitute you did not choose.
Getting there
Karlskirche
Karlsplatz 10, 1040 Wien — The nave
Karlsplatz (U1, U2, U4) is two minutes on foot and trams 1, 2, 71 and D stop at Oper/Karlsplatz; the Karlsplatz Garage on Mattiellistraße is about two minutes away.
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