Vienna Mozart Orchestra at the Musikverein
The most-reviewed concert here: 1,146 reviews, 9.1 out of 10, Mozart in costume at the Musikverein from €69.
- Price
- from €69
- Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- Guest rating
- 9.1/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 12 h before
Classical concerts in Vienna
Vienna classical concert tickets: eight concerts compared on facts
From €33 for a string quartet in a church to €250 for a Strauss dinner show, with seat categories that decide what you see.
- Show sheets
- 8
- Cheapest
- from €33
- Most reviewed
- Musikverein
Checked on 4 October 2026
Vienna
Austria
Verdict
Our pick, by who is going
First time in the city
Musikverein
The Vienna Mozart Orchestra concert at the Musikverein has by far the largest review base here (1,146 reviews, 9.1 out of 10) and takes place in the Golden Hall or the Brahms Hall. It is a 33-performer costume concert of Mozart's best-known pieces, from €69, with free cancellation up to 12 hours before.
from €691 h 45 min9.1/10Free up to 12 h before
Seen one before
Annakirche
The Annakirche concert is the furthest from a costume show that this catalogue offers: a string quartet, period instruments, complete quartets by Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert, one price and no dinner package. It holds 9.1 out of 10 across 343 reviews and costs from €33.
from €331 h 10 min9.1/10Free up to 24 h before
A night for two
Orangerie Schönbrunn
The Schönbrunn Palace concert comes with a VIP category that adds front rows, a glass of sparkling wine and a separate cloakroom, and the Orangery garden is open during the 15-minute interval. Book only when your dates are firm, because free cancellation ends three days before.
from €581 h 45 min8.8/10Free up to 3 days before
With children
Peterskirche
The Peterskirche concert is the shortest on the page at 60 minutes, states no minimum age and lists a rate for children aged 5 and 6, from €39. It is an evening concert like all the others, so it suits children who can stay up past 21:00.
from €391 h9.4/10Free up to 24 h before
At a glance
The numbers before the words
Starting price
Room size
Not published: Musikverein, Peterskirche, Annakirche, Orangerie Schönbrunn, Schloss Schönbrunn, Karlskirche, Palais Alte Börse
Usual start times
- Musikverein20:15
- Annakirche20:00
- Orangerie Schönbrunn20:30
- Schloss Schönbrunn20:30
- Mirage19:30
- Karlskirche20:15
Each bar runs from the start to the end of the show. Not published: Peterskirche, Palais Alte Börse
Most Vienna classical concert tickets sold to travellers are for one particular kind of evening: a programme of well-known Mozart, Strauss or Vivaldi pieces, 60 to 105 minutes long, in a hall, church or palace, priced by seat category and sometimes played in 18th-century costume. These concerts are produced for visitors. They are not the season concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic or the State Opera, which sell through those institutions' own box offices and do not appear in this catalogue. That is no criticism, only a matter of knowing what you are buying. The eight concerts on this page differ a great deal from each other, and the differences can be checked.
Each one was read in the Civitatis catalogue on 4 October 2026 and compared with the organiser's own website where one exists, or with a second ticket listing where it does not. We have not sat in these rooms and nothing here judges the playing. For a Mozart concert in Vienna, or the best classical concert in Vienna for your kind of trip, the sheets below compare the size of the ensemble, the programme, the seat categories, the start time, what comes with the ticket and how late you can cancel.
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| Venue | Musikverein | Peterskirche | Annakirche | Orangerie Schönbrunn | Schloss Schönbrunn | Mirage | Karlskirche | Palais Alte Börse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guest rating | 9.1/10 · 1,146 reviews | 9.4/10 · 743 reviews | 9.1/10 · 343 reviews | 8.8/10 · 339 reviews | 7.9/10 · 239 reviews | 8.9/10 · 78 reviews | 9.3/10 · 55 reviews | 9.0/10 · 39 reviews |
| Type of room | Concert hall | Church | Church | Palace | Palace | Theatre | Church | Palace |
| Price | from €69 | from €39 | from €33 | from €58 · Price changes with the date | from €147 | from €250 · Price changes with the date | from €38 | from €55 |
| Duration | 1 h 45 min | 1 h | 1 h 10 min | 1 h 45 min | 5 h | 2 h | 1 h 15 min | 1 h 30 min |
| Room capacity | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | 300 seats | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue |
| Dinner | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Drink | Not included | Not included | Not included | Optional extra | Optional extra | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Usual start times | 20:15 | Not published by the venue | 20:00 | 20:30 | 20:30 | 19:30 | 20:15 | Not published by the venue |
| Minimum age | 5 and over | All ages | 6 and over | All ages | All ages | 5 and over | 6 and over | 6 and over |
| Dress code | Smart casual | None | Not published by the venue | Smart casual | Smart casual | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | None |
| Seating | By ticket category | By ticket category | First come, first served | By ticket category | By ticket category | By ticket category | By ticket category | By ticket category |
| Cancellation | Free up to 12 h before | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 3 days before | Free up to 3 days before | Free up to 48 h before | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 24 h before |
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Peterskirche concert
One hour of Mozart, Vivaldi and Bach in a Baroque church in the old centre: 9.4 out of 10 on 743 reviews, from €39.
- Price
- from €39
- Duration
- 1 h
- Guest rating
- 9.4/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
Annakirche string quartet concert
A string quartet playing complete works on period instruments, 70 minutes, one price from €33, free choice of seats.
- Price
- from €33
- Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- Guest rating
- 9.1/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra concert
Mozart and Strauss in the Schönbrunn Orangery at 20:30, 1 hour 45 minutes with interval, four categories from €58.
- Price
- from €58
- Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- Guest rating
- 8.8/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 3 days before
Schönbrunn Palace visit, dinner and concert
Palace visit at 17:30, three-course dinner at 18:30 and the 20:30 concert in one ticket, from €147, drinks extra.
- Price
- from €147
- Duration
- 5 h
- Guest rating
- 7.9/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 3 days before
Strauss dinner show at Mirage, Prater
Strauss waltzes and polkas with a four-course dinner served at your table, in a 300-seat room in the Prater. From €250.
- Price
- from €250
- Duration
- 2 h
- Guest rating
- 8.9/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 48 h before
Vivaldi's Four Seasons at the Karlskirche
The whole of The Four Seasons by Orchester 1756 in the Karlskirche: 75 minutes, three categories from €38.
- Price
- from €38
- Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- Guest rating
- 9.3/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
Vienna Residence Orchestra at the Palais Alte Börse
A chamber orchestra with two singers and two ballet dancers in an 1877 palace hall: 90 minutes, from €55.
- Price
- from €55
- Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Guest rating
- 9.0/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
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Before you choose
How the houses differ here
Start with the size of the ensemble, because the same word, concert, covers very different things here. The Vienna Mozart Orchestra at the Musikverein puts 33 performers on stage in costumes and wigs, according to its own site. The Vienna Residence Orchestra plays as a chamber group of five to seven musicians with two singers and two ballet dancers. At the Peterskirche the catalogue lists four string players, and at the Annakirche it is a string quartet. Orchester 1756 at the Karlskirche does not publish its numbers. Nor does the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra, which also appears under the name Schönbrunn Palace Ensemble.
Then look at the programme. The Musikverein, Schönbrunn and Residence Orchestra evenings are selections: arias, overtures and waltzes, closing with The Blue Danube and the Radetzky March at the Musikverein. The churches work differently. The Karlskirche concert is built around the whole of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and the Annakirche listing we read gave two complete string quartets, Mozart's "Dissonance" and Beethoven's second "Razumovsky". Both of those are advertised as played on period instruments. Costumes are stated only for the Musikverein concert.
Seat categories matter more in Vienna than in most cities on this site. The Musikverein sells Superior, A, B and C, with C the furthest from the stage. Schönbrunn sells VIP, A, B and C, and its organiser says seats inside each category are first come, first served, so a category buys a block of rows and your arrival time decides the rest. The Residence Orchestra works the same way with VIP, A and B. At the Karlskirche only Category 1 seats are numbered. The Peterskirche has categories I, II and III, with seats assigned by the box office on the day. The Annakirche has one price and free choice of seats.
Dinner is bundled in two products only. The Schönbrunn dinner evening adds a palace visit and a three-course meal in a separate restaurant before the concert, drinks not included. The Strauss evening at Mirage in the Prater serves four courses at tables in the room, from €250. Refund terms vary more than you might expect: 12 hours before at the Musikverein, 24 hours at the three churches and the Residence Orchestra, 48 hours for the Prater dinner show and a full three days for both Schönbrunn products. No venue states whether the sound is amplified.
Plan
The evening, step by step
Before the concert
Six of the eight concerts include no food and the times we found fall between 20:00 and 20:30, so plan to eat beforehand. The two exceptions feed you: Schönbrunn's dinner is served at 18:30 before the concert, and the Prater show serves four courses during the performance.
Arriving and seats
Doors open 30 minutes before at Schönbrunn, the Karlskirche and the Annakirche, and the Residence Orchestra asks you to be there 30 minutes early. Where seats are unnumbered inside a category, that half hour decides your row. At the Karlskirche and the Peterskirche you first exchange the voucher for a ticket at the box office.
During the concert
The Musikverein and Schönbrunn concerts have an interval of about 15 minutes and the church concerts are listed without one. Photography during the performance is not allowed at the Musikverein, Schönbrunn, the Karlskirche or the Residence Orchestra. The Karlskirche admits no one after the start and its toilets are outside the building.
Getting back
The Musikverein concert ends at about 22:00 and Schönbrunn at about 22:15. Schönbrunn is on the U4 line, and the catalogue says taxis wait outside at the end. Vienna's tourist board gives U-Bahn hours as about 05:00 to about midnight, running all night on Fridays and Saturdays, with night buses every 30 minutes from 00:30.
Where
Where the houses are
Innere Stadt
The old centre holds the two small church concerts, the Peterskirche on Petersplatz and the Annakirche on Annagasse, and both are short enough to fit before a late dinner nearby. The Residence Orchestra plays in the Palais Alte Börse on Wipplingerstraße, a former stock exchange built between 1870 and 1877.
Karlsplatz
The Musikverein and the Karlskirche stand on either side of the same square, at the southern edge of the centre. One is a 19th-century concert hall with a costumed Mozart orchestra, the other a Baroque church with The Four Seasons on period instruments.
Schönbrunn
The palace is in Hietzing, west of the centre, reached by the U4 line to Schönbrunn station. Both Schönbrunn products end with the same concert, normally in the Orangery and on some dates in the Great Gallery or the White-and-Gold Room of the palace.
Prater
Mirage, at Prater 75 in Leopoldstadt, is where the Strauss dinner show takes place. The catalogue gives it 300 seats, arranged as tables and boxes around a central floor.
Common questions
How long is a classical concert in Vienna?
The three church concerts run 60 to 75 minutes. The Residence Orchestra plays for about 90 minutes and the Musikverein and Schönbrunn concerts for about 1 hour 45 minutes, each with an interval of around 15 minutes. The Schönbrunn dinner evening takes five hours from arrival at 17:15 to the end of the concert.
Are these the Vienna Philharmonic or State Opera concerts?
No. The Vienna Philharmonic is resident at the Musikverein, but the concert sold here in the same building is given by the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, a separate ensemble founded in 1986. All eight concerts on this page are produced for visitors, with short programmes of famous pieces. Tickets for the Philharmonic and the State Opera are sold by those institutions.
Which seat category should I book?
The cheapest category is always the furthest from the stage: C at the Musikverein and Schönbrunn, B at the Residence Orchestra, 3 at the Karlskirche and III at the Peterskirche. At Schönbrunn and the Residence Orchestra seats are not numbered inside a category, so arriving when doors open improves your place. If you want a specific numbered seat, only Category 1 at the Karlskirche promises one.
Is the dinner worth paying for at Schönbrunn?
The dinner product starts at €147 against €58 for the concert alone, and the difference buys palace entry with an audio guide on your phone and a three-course meal without drinks. It also has the lowest score on this page, 7.9 out of 10 from 239 reviews, against 8.8 for the concert on its own. The concert is the same one.
Can children go to a classical concert in Vienna?
It depends on the concert. The Musikverein and the Prater dinner show admit children from 5, and the Annakirche, Karlskirche and Residence Orchestra from 6. The Peterskirche and Schönbrunn state no minimum age, and Schönbrunn's organiser lets children under 4 sit on a lap free of charge. Every concert here is an evening one.
What should I wear to a concert in Vienna?
No concert on this page requires formal dress. The Vienna Mozart Orchestra recommends elegant attire and Schönbrunn recommends smart casual, while the Residence Orchestra and the Peterskirche listing both say casual clothes are fine. For the Karlskirche, dress for the temperature: the church has no air conditioning and is cold in winter.
Can I cancel a concert ticket and get a refund?
Yes, for all eight when booked through Civitatis, but the deadline varies. It is 12 hours before the start at the Musikverein, 24 hours at the Peterskirche, Annakirche, Karlskirche and Residence Orchestra, 48 hours for the Strauss dinner show and three days for both Schönbrunn products. After that, or if you do not turn up, there is no refund.
Sources
Price, duration, what is included, minimum age and cancellation come from the Civitatis catalogue. Room capacity, dress code and start times come from each venue's own website. Everything on this page was checked on 4 October 2026. Prices are starting prices and move with the date. How the sheets are built
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Prague
Prices from €24.55 to €120, four one-hour programmes and one dinner evening, all staged for visitors. Here is how they differ.
Venice
Both cost from €34 and both play the Four Seasons. They differ in start time, ensemble, programme and how sure you can be of the room.
Seville
Prices from €20 to €36, rooms from 50 to 500 seats, and only two houses that sell dinner. Here is how they differ.