The popular OÖN culture subscription will be relaunched in the coming 2024/25 season. The Landestheater, the Theater Phönix, the Brucknerhaus and the Posthof Linz are taking part. There are a total of 13 events to choose from, from theater to concerts, from opera to readings. This subscription is one of the few projects in which city and state institutions work together. It costs 489.20 euros – 137.50 euros less than the full price. For young culture fans up to 30 years of age, there is the U30 subscription with five freely selectable dates for 49 euros. The subscription promotes networking and exchange within the institutions, says Silke Dörner, artistic director of the Theater Phönix: “The audience can get to know a diverse range of offerings in four different venues.”
State Theatre: The new theater director David Bösch will introduce himself with William Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” (October 23, 7:30 p.m., Schauspielhaus). Richard Wagner’s opera “The Flying Dutchman” (February 13, 2025, 7:30 p.m., musical theater) will be staged with powerful visuals by artistic director Hermann Schneider. A musical thriller, “Sweeney Todd. The Barber of Flleet Street” (February 24, 7:30 p.m., musical theater) by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, will lure audiences.
Posthof: The piano pieces by Turkish multidisciplinary artist Büsra Kayikci are inspired by John Cage and Michael Nyman. She will be performing “Places” on November 5th at 8 p.m. in the Great Hall. Belgian world star Wim Vandekeybus and his company Ultima Vez are known for their radical, gripping aesthetics between dance and theater. “Void” will be seen as an Austrian premiere on March 15th, 2025 at 8 p.m. at the TanzTage. “The Simon & Garfunkel Story” will be a high-class homage to the US folk pop duo on April 24th, 2025 at 8 p.m. The legendary Spanish slapstick troupe “Yllana” will be performing “War Baby” at the Black Humour Festival on May 10th, 2025 at 8 p.m.
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Image: Zoe Goldstein
Theater Phoenix: For Heinrich Böll’s classic “The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum” you can choose between October 5, October 12 or November 16, each at 7.30 p.m. “Tempo” directed by Felix Hafner with the Phoenix Ensemble explores the omnipresent acceleration (December 7, 19 or January 14, 2025). Oscar Wilde’s comedy “Bunbury or the Importance of Being Earnest” takes aim at hypocrisy and superficiality (May 3, 17 or June 21, 2025).
Brucknerhaus: Bass-baritone Florian Boesch and the Tyrolean Musicbanda Franui will be dressing Franz Schubert’s song cycle “The Beautiful Miller’s Daughter” in polyphonic arrangements including tuba, dulcimer, accordion and harp on January 13th at 7.30 p.m. The brass combo Pro Brass and the Viennese acting great Karl Markovics will be staging Karl Kraus’ text “The Last Days of Mankind” regarding the depths of human existence on April 28th, 2025 at 7.30 p.m., to the crazy yet serious music of Werner Pirchner. In the “Museum of Musical Curiosities”, Burg actress Birgit Minichmayr and the British Aurora Orchestra will be performing Camille Saint-Saëns’ famous “Carnival of the Animals” on June 2nd at 7.30 p.m., which will be accompanied by new compositions by Richard Ayres.
For the “U-30 culture subscription” People under 30 can freely choose five of the 13 events and pay the special price of only 49 euros.
All information The OÖN culture subscription is available at /kulturabo.
